25 MAY 1985, Page 39

Books Wanted

There is now a charge of £1 per insertion (max. 2 books). Cheques made pay- able to The Spectator. Please send details to Books Wanted, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

ANON: Colour illustrated children's poem c.1912 beginning 'The Good Ship Leopard'. Geoffrey Grigson, Broadtown Farmhouse, Broadtown, Swindon, Wilts.

WENDELL PHILLIPS: 'Unknown Oman' and 'Sultan in Oman' by James Morris. Charles Blackett-Ord, Intake Side, Brough, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4EA.

MACMILLAN'S TEACHING IN PRACTICE ed. by E. J. S. Lay, the accompanying portfolio of pictures only. G. Lewis, Flat 6, 185 North End Rd., London W.14. Tel. 01-381 2199 or 01-405 1706.

PEMBERTON PEDIGREES ed. Robert E. Pemberton. Kenneth Bowden, The Penn Club, 21 Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JH. ELIZABETH BOWEN: 'Bowen's Court'. Charles Chenevix Trench, Lisnamoe House, Ballymackey, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

RIDER HAGGARD: 'When the World Shook'. Mr E. M. Cleland, RR4, Flesherton, Ontario, NOC 1E0, Canada.

ANTHONY TROLLOPE: 'Marion Fay' and `Kept in the Dark'. A. W. Moss, Tocknells Court, Painswick, Glos.

EVELYN WAUGH: 'Robbery under Law'. N. S. Ley, 45E Warwick Square, London SW1. ARDIZZONE: Any by, or illustrated by and `The Local' by Gorham. Hilary Rittner, 30 Crooms Hill, Greenwich SE10.

MICHAEL MACDONAGH: 'In London During the Great War'. G. Saich, Raon Cottage, Elms Lane, West Wittering, Chichester, W. Sussex P020 8LW.

R. ALLEY & J. ROTHERSTEIN: 'Francis Bacon'. R. Connolly, 16 Paddington Green, London W2 1LG.

J. H. GAUTE & ROBIN ODELL: 'The Murder- er's Who's Who'. J. Knight, 85 South Street, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 8JH.

H. L. MENCKEN: 'A Mencken Chrestomathy' and 'The Days of H. L. Mencken'. I. McColm, Beoch, Newton Stewart DG8 6RT.

M & G QUENNEL: 'Everyday Things in Classic- al Greece' and 'A Small Spark of Courage' by D. A. Rayner. M. Hammerton, 42 Honister Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3PA.

R. S. THOMAS: 'Song' and 'Teaching English Grammar' by P. Gurrey and anything else by either author. S. Barker, 5 South Rd., Aber- aeron, Dyfed, SA46 ODP.

RIVISTA (British-Italian Society) nos. 1-14. R. B. Baker, East View Cottage, The Green, Long Melford, Suffolk CO1 09DU.

MICHAEL GRANT: 'St Paul the Man'. K. I. G. Stewart, 44 Stanhope Gardens, London SW7. DOLORES IBARURRI: 'They Shall Not Pass'. Godfrey Dann, The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, PO BOx 10820, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ROY HUDSON: 'Siamese White' and 'Guide to North-East Thailand'. M. Stuart-Grumbar, 56 Doughty St., London WC1N 2LL. Tel. 01-405 1706.