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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.

S. BARING-GOULD: Novels by. P. Taylor, 5 Birchwood Avenue, Muswell Hill, London N10 3BE.

FLORA ANNIE STEELE: Any books on India. Mrs C. Smallwood, 76 Hurlingham Rd., London SW6.

P. G. HAMERTON: 'The Art of Etching' and 'Etching and Etchers'. W. Blakey, Church St., Brierfield, Nr Nelson, Lanes, BB9 5AD. JEAN GIMPEL: 'The Cult of Art' and 'East and West' by C. Northcote Parkinson. J. Johnson, 1 Berry St., Hepthorne Lane, Chesterfield, S42 5JD.

G. GERSTER: 'Churches in Rock: Early Christ- ian Art in Ethiopia'. Philip Marsden-Smedley, 76 Hurlingham Rd., London SW6.

FRANK SNEPP: 'Decent Interval' and 'Sideshow' by William Shawcross. K. Simpson- Giles, Kingsgate House, Winchester, Hants S023 9PG.

JOHN RUSSELL: 'Vuillard'. Mrs Peter Bowles, Timewell House, Morebath, Nr Bampton, Devon.

LAWRENCE HILL: 'Alpine Gardening' and 'Flowering and Ornamental Shrubs' by S. J. Weaver. L. Hills, 32 Convent Lane, Bocking, Braintree, Essex.

L. BRILLOVIN: 'Scientific Uncertainty and Information'. D. Howells, 63 Victoria Drive, London SW19 6HN.

JOHN BERGER: '1st in D.W.' and any by or about R. S. Surtees. J. Lockie, 34 Egerton Gardens, London W13 8HQ.

'FHACKERAY: 'The Rose and the Ring', any good edition but preferably 19th century and not illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Sir Frederic Harmer, Tiggins Field, Low Rd., Kelsale, Sax- mundham, Suffolk.

DANIELE VARE: 'The Maker of Heavenly Trousers' and 'The Gate of the Happy Spar- rows'. Mrs Eugene O'Connor, Blue Hill, Maine 04614, U.S.A.

PHILIP HUGHES: 'The Reformation in Eng- land'. N. Fisher, 23 Chaucer Court, Lawn Rd., Guildford, Surrey GU2 5DB.

NIKOLAUS PEVSNER: 'The Buildings of Eng- land'. Mr Asher Rozenberg, 14 Downalong, Bushey Heath, Herts WD2 1HZ.

F. B. MALIM: 'Almae Matres' and 'A Victorian School' by R. St. C. Talboys. R. Ford, Nouveau Kermont, 24 Chataigniers, 1292 Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland.

KENNETH GILES: 'The Big Greed' and 'Death at the Church'. A. H. Samnel, 10861 Bucknell Drive, Wheaton, MD 209112, U.S.A.

WILLIAM HAYTER: 'Spooner: A Biography' and 'Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vol 11' by Sir George Grove. A. Redford, New Col- lege, Oxford OX1 3BN.

DOLORES IBARURRI: 'They Shall Not Pass'.

G. Dann, The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, PO Box 10820, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

JEAN BENEDETTI: `Bluebeard; The Authentic Bluebeard' and `Le Proces de Gilles de Rais' by George Bataille. Steven Bailey, 96 Fordwych Rd., London NW2.

PETER SMITH & EDWIN WALKER: 'War in the Aegean'. Sallyann Kleibel, 8a Camden Mews, London NW1.