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Books Wanted

MICHAEL GALLET: 'Parisian Domestic Ar- chitecture of the 18th Century', Barrie & Jenkins, London. Box No: 245MG.

THE PICNIC BASKET by Edward Spears. Michael Ivens, 40 Doughty Street, London WCIN 2LF.

DIARY OF A.C. BENSON, edited by Percy Lubbock, 1927. State cost and condition. D.H. Fergus, 29 St Ninians Way, Linlithgow EH49 7B11.

SURVIVAL OF THE SLICKEST by Creswell Curtis (Cape 1939). Borough Librarian, Central Library, Barking, Essex. IGI I 7NB.

MRS MARGARET OLIPHANT: any book ex- cept 'Miss Marjoribanks'. Sandra Raphael, 18 Argyle Street, Oxford OX4 1SS. A PLACE IN THE COUNTRY by Sarah Gainham. Any condition. Fairclough, Rose Cot- tage, Huish Champflower, Taunton.

BOOKS OR MAGAZINES about American number plates. Haley, 21 Partridge Way, Nor- wich, Norfolk. Tel: (0603) 46261.

TROLLOPE: `La Vendee', 'The Fixed Period', 'The Landleaguers'. Conkey, 2 Thorverton Court, Thorverton Road, London NW2 1RD. JULES VERNE: 'Michael Strogof, Courier of the.Czar', English translation. D.H. Beaman, 78 Priory Way, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. NO LOVE FOR JOHNNY by Wilfred Fien- burgh, and any of Maurice Edelman's novels about British Labour politics. Daniel Bell, 65 Francis Ave, Cambridge Mass, 02138, U.S.A. SEASIDE GARDENING by Mrs Kellaway. Write Box No: 253 SG.

THE FORGOTTON SMILE by Margaret Ken- nedy, Macmillan or paperback. K. Geddes, 34 The Crescent, Solihull, W. Midlands, B91 1JR. MAJOR GEN SIR W.F.P. NAPIER: 'The History of the War in the Peninsula and, in the South of France from the Year 1807 to the year 1814. Write to A. Dunbar, The Old Manse, Duf- fus, Elgin IV30 2QD.

LESLIE DUCKWORTH: 'History of War- wickshire Cricket' and anything by Edmund Crispin. Donald Trelford, c/o The Observer, 8 St Andrews Hill, London EC4.

ALLAN PRIOR: 'A Flame in the Air' and 'The Joy Ride', Michael Joseph 1951-2. E. Price, 24 Waverley Road, St Albans, Herts.

RIPLEY 'Believe it or Not' hardbacks published before 1955. Miriam Friedlander, 7 Eagle Lane, London Ell IPF.

VERROCCHIO by G. Passavant, Phaidon 1969. Tel: 0388 746750 (eves).

THOM GUNN: 'My Sad Captains, 'Touch' and 'Moly'. H.C. Gatiss, 115a Wells Way, London SE5. 01-703 2704 (home), 01-438 2420 (day). GEORGE PLIMPTON: 'Out of my League' and 'The Pothunters' by P.G. Wodehouse (hardback only). Write to P.R. Jeffreys-Powell, 2 North Gardner Street, Glasgow GI I 5BT.

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