Books Wanted

JOHN GUNTHER: 'Inside USA' and his short book on writing the 'Inside' books. N.P. Lloyd, 58 Hampstead Way, London NW11 7XX. FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS: 'James Tarrant, Adventurer', 'Fear comes to Chalfont' and 'Affair at Little Wokeham' ; any price. A.J. van der Weyden, 36hs Krelagestraat, 2012 CT Haarlem, Holland.

NANCY MITFORD: 'Highland Fling' and 'Pigeon Pie', first editions only. 9 Rothwell St, London NW1 8YH.

MENS RAE IN STATUTORY OFFENCES by J.L. Edwards and 'Cabinet Government' by Ivor Jennings, secondhand. Phone 01-346 0168, Bernard McElwaine.

PHILIP LARKIN: 'All What Jazz'. P. Eggleston, 42 Broom Crescent, Rotherham, S. Yorks. Tel: 0709 64662.

SHELDRAKE by Michael Wharton. Peter Lucey, Oldways, Houghton, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9LW.

BODKIN: 'Glyn Prilfot 1884 - 1937 (Batsford 1951). A.G. Barbour, Coomb Dale, Bickerton, Malpas, Cheshire SY14 8AT.

RAYMOND QUENEAU: 'From Blue to Blue' and Penguin Modern Stories vol 12. M. Grant Cormack, 13 Maryville Park, Belfast BT9 6LN. G.W. BAIN: 'In The Great God's Hair' (Methuen) and 'Bubbles of the Foam'. S.M. Crosthwaite, 17 Crescent Grove, London SW4. A LAST SHEAF by Denton Welch (Lehmann 1951). J.S. Hacker, 1 Whitehall, Stroud, Glos. FIRE FROM HEAVEN by Harrison. Paperback or hardback, any condition. Christopher Robbins, 427 Alta Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90402, U.S.A.

THE PEASANT OF THE GARONNE Autobiography of Jacques Maritain. Please write to Anthony, 46 Chase Side Avenue, Enfield, Mdx.

PRESS LAW by R.C. Smith and 'Dictionary of English Literature' by Adams. Donald Trelford, c/o The Observer, 8 St Andrews Hill, London EC4.

CLOUD CAPP'D TOWERS by Reginald Viscount Esher (1927) and 'Ionicus' by Reginald Viscount Esher (1923). J. Lees-Milne, Essex House, Badminton, GL9 1DD.

REGINALD VISCOUNT ESHER: 'Cloud- Capp'd Towers' (1927) and 'Ionicus' (1923). James Lees-Milne, Essex House, Badminton GL9 1DD.

DIPLOMATIC PETREL by Sir Thomas Hohler (1943). Also any children's books by Mrs Edwin Hohier e.g. 'The Picture on the Stairs' (1897). F. Hohier, Court Lodge, Stansted, Kent TN15 7PG.

THE CHILDREN'S SUMMER by Sheila Kaye- Smith. G. F. B. Robinson, Apartado 100, La Escala (Gerona), Spain.

PAUL NASH: any books by or about. Lawrence A. Ives, The Lilacs, Rabbit Lane, Mottram-in- Longdendale, Cheshire. THE IMAGERY OF GRAHAM SUTHERLAND by Robert Melville (Juda 1950) and 'The Work of Graham Sutherland' by Douglas Cooper (1961). M. Purdy, 30 Laleham Rd, Margate, Kent CT9 3QR.

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Books Wanted

contd from p.31 ITALIAN COOKING by Robin Howe (Marks and Spencer's illustrated edition, hardback 1979) and 'Christ Stopped at Eboli' by Carlo Levi (most recent edition if possible, in English). C. Gobbi, Rue des Deux Eglises 117, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

MASARYK IN LONDON by H. Seton-Watson. A. Alsterdal, Swedish Embassy, 23 North Row, London WI R 2DN.

JESUS THE MAGICIAN by Morton Smith (Gollancz) Mr Quiroga, Chapel House, Warwick Rd, U. R. Church, Coventry CV1 !EX. MATES COUNTRY SERIES — Staffordshire, Historical, Descriptive, Biographical — by Michael Mander, 26 Hans Place, London SW1. PILGRIMAGES TO OLD HOMES by Fletcher Moss (vol III). L. Kooros, The Old Vicarage, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berks.

THE LAST DAY OF FRIDAY by Honor Tracy. M. G. Porter, 35 Clydesdale Garden, Richmond, Surrey TWIO 5EG.

H. G. WELLS: 'Boon' and 'The Bulpington of Blup'. J. B. Batchelor, New College, Oxford OX I 3BN.

THE DEVIL'S DISCUS by Rayne Kruger. Hatt, 53 Eland Rd, London SW11.

WALLY HAMMOND by Ronald Mason and 'The Devil in Velvet' by John Dickson-Carr. M. H. May, 6 Plovers' Down, Winchester, Hants S022 4HH. Tel: Winchester 65790.

COMPANION PLANTS by Helen Philbrick and Richard B. Gregg. Mrs Hamilton, Trefach, Hebron, Whitland, Dyfed SA34 OJX.

THE CHURCH ON THE CORNER by George Vaizey (Harrap). Mrs Pyke, The Gothic House, 4 Bank Lane, Totnes, Devon.

MAX RAPHAEL: 'Prehistoric Cave Paintings' and 'Prehistoric Pottery and Civilisation in Egypt' (Pantheon Books). James Mott, The City University, St John St, London EC1.

BY A SILVER STREAM by Trevor Dudley- Smith (Elleston Trevor). Dr West, Charnwood, 2 Tilbury Rise, East Haddon, Northamptonshire. GUIDE TO MONTANA by Arnold Lunn and 'The Miracle of Brean' by Ernest Raymond. Mrs P. Taylor, 34 Humberston Ave, Nr Grimsby DN36 4SP.

ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm (Penguin 1952) and 'The Companion Guide to Umbria' (Collins). Mrs Hutchinson, 73 Sandy Lane South, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9RF. Tel: 01-647 3501.

BEN TRAVERS: 'Cuckoo in the Nest.' John Jascoll, 10 Windsor Street, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824 USA.

RICHMAL CROMPTON: 'William' books. Hardback editions with dust-covers preferred. Most titles sought. R. Dilworth, 10 Willes Rd, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

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