7 AUGUST 1976, Page 17

Books and Records Wanted

CREATIVE ART OF GARDEN DESIGN by Percy Cane, (Country Life, 1967 ?). George Hutchinson seeks copy in good condition. 56 Doughty Street, London WC1.

SHAKESPEARE'S LEGAL & POLITICAL BACKGROUND by Keeton. Davies, 38 Tyd raw Road. Cardiff.

A BEE IS BORN by Henry During, also Ratcliffe's BEEKEEPERS FOLLY and Stefan Heym's KING DAVID REPORT. Tel 01-727 2171 or write Spectator Box 707.

CARUSO. Any of his 78 r.p.m. records wanted. Please reply Spectator Box 706.

"DAPHNE" and "INTERMEZZO". Recordings of both these Richard Strauss operas required by impoverished Collector. Please state price. Spectator Box 708.

THE STORY OF AXEL MUNTHE by Munthe ; MEMORIES AND VAGARIES by Morale; LIGHT ON A DARK HORSE by Roy Campbell ; HOW LIKE AN ANGEL by MacDonell and MINE WERE OF TROUBLE by Kemp. Write: John Service, 196 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2.

THE LIBERAL AWAKENING by Halevy ; also THE TRIUMPH OF REFORM. Write : T. C. A. Dowson, The Old Hall, Seething, Norwich, Norfolk.

THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers. WAR MAGIC by Jasper Maskelyne. H. R. Barton, Chateau Langoa, Sr Julien-Beychevelle, 33250 Pauillac, France.

MEDIEVAL MANICHEE, S. Runciman, Moors Bookshop, 66 Bedford Place, Southampton.

M. R. JAMES, GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY. S. B. Johns, 12 Forest View, Neath, Glamorgan.

GOOD OLD COUNTRY by Mace ; HUNG ERFORDIANA ( ?). Hillary. 7 Wilman Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

IN THE LOCKS OF LITERATURE, CHILD OF DIRT and POINSON AND PREJUDICE by Michael Gear. Rev. Ewer, Fairways, Justice Hill, Potter's Bar, Hens.

MA CUISINE by A. Escoffier, English translation by Vyvyan Holland (Paul Hamlyn 1965). THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE by Sir Francis Colchester-Wemyss. THE TENTH MUSE by Sir Harry Luke. VENUS IN THE KITCHEN by Norman Douglas. Spectator Box 705.

LAFITE by Cyril Ray ; also his IN A GLASS LIGHTLY and any vols COMPLEAT IMBIBER. Also 2 vols Bartlett's CANADIAN SCENES. Spectator Box 703.

INSIDE MONTE CARLO (paperback. Mayflower) by Anthony Purdy c. 1965. ROYAL HOMES AND GARDENS (Leslie Frewin, published 1971). THE MAN WHO STARTED THE WAR by Alfred Naujocks (Odhams 1968). I AM EAGLE by Gherman Titov (Anthony Gibbs 1970 ?). Tel: 01-353 1641. OLD CALABRIA by Norman Douglas, Spectator Box 704, THE WISTONBERG LINE by Osbert Sitwell, Box 702 ENTHUSIASM by Ronald Knox, 17 Purley Bury Avenue, Purley, Surrey

BURGESS AND MACLEAN, Secker & Warburg (1961 ?), by Anthony Purdy and Douglas Sutherland; THE MAN WHO STARTED THE WAR, by Alfred Naulocks (Odhams c.1960) Tel: 01-353 1641.

THE COUNTRY HEART by H. E. Bates. Spectator Box No. 701.

AUSTRALIA THE HARD WAY by David Pyle; DOGGEREL'S DICTIONARY by Richard Mallen. Griffin, 8 Meadowhead Road, Bassett. Southampton, THE WANDERING JEW. ORTHODOXY by G. K. Chesterton EVERLASTING MAN by G. K. Chesterton Box 700.

L. Powys' EBONY AND IVORY etc.; Stuart-Young's MERELY A NEGRESS etc ; Mark Freshfield's STORMY DAWN; Edg. Wallace's SANDERS novels. Contact Noble, 18 Downside Cres., London N.W.3. Tel: 01-794 1215.

I CAME OUT OF FRANCE by Cecily Mackworth (1941), D. R. Norris, St. Dunstan's College, S.E.6.

BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY. 1952 or earlier. Sacker, Iver, Bucks.

ROBERT BURNS, a biography. Millar, 58 Crafts End. Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 OSB.

MERVYN PEAKE, Edward Upward. Miller, 3 North Hill Road, Leeds 6.

FOR THEM THAT TRESPASS, THE MIRACLE OF BREAN. Ernest Raymond. Box 696.

THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL WEST AFRICA FRONTIER FORCE. By Hayward and Clarke. Published Gale & Polden 1964. Box 697.

WHITEHALL THROUGH THE CENTURIES by G. S. Dugdale. E. J. Priestley. 10, Kent Close, Bromborough, Merseyside. D. Kincaid's MOONRISE ON THE INDUS etc.; E. Calder's SIRI RAM etc.; F. Brayne's SOCRATES IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE etc.,. Edw. Thompson's works. Contact Noble, 18 Downside Gres., London N.W.3. Tel : 01-794 0215. HE WALKS IN TWO WORLDS by Maurice Barbanel': WHITE CLIFFS TO CORAL REEF; A CLASSIC BOAT VOYAGE by William Howell. Spectator Box 693.

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