Books Wanted
THE SPANISH COCKPIT by Franz Borkenau (Faber and Faber, 1937). S. Courtauld, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1. Tel: 01-405 1706. SHELDRAKE, a novel by Michael Wharton. Box No 207SA.
BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919-1959 by A. J. Jackson, 'The Brabazon Story' by Lord Brabazon, 'Slide Rule' by Nevil Shute, 'All Over the Place' by Compton Mackenzie, 'Singapore; The Battle That Shook the World' by James Leasor, 'Where Monsoons Meet' by Donald Moore and 'The Double Tenth Trial' by Colin Sleeman and S. C. Silkin. Write Box No 999BC. SYDNEY SMITH: 'Selected Writings' (ed. W. H. Auden), 'Wine in Peace and War' by Evelyn Waugh, 'Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures' and 'Augustus Carp by Himself both re-issued in the mid-60s with introduction by A. Burgess. C. Hawtree, 113 Albert Palace Mansions. London SWII.
H. MILLER, ed., 'Best One-Act Plays of 1958-9' and 'of 1960-1' (both published by Har- rap); New English Dramatists, vol 3 (Penguin); S. O'Casey, Coll.Plays vol 3 (Harrap). Write: Wolfe Weise, Friedensstr. 38a, D-6368 Bad Vilbel 2, West Germany.
POEMS OF MICHAEL DRAYTON, 'Darrow for the Defence' by Irving Stone, `No Love for Johnny' by Fienburgh, and Russell's `Switzerland.' Apply: Whitaker, 13 Elsworthy Rd, London NW3.
THE AGRICULTURAL EVOLUTION OF AN ENGLISH VILLAGE: HOOTON PAGNELL. Does anyone have a copy of this book which I need for a research project, either to sell (condi- tion immaterial if complete) or to lend for a few months. Lucy Norgate, 10 Brant Avenue, Halifax. Tel: Halifax 244165.
SOUTHWOOD AND LESTON: 'Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles' (Warne). Bain- bridge, 166 Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hants GU14 7JJ.
APOSTLES OF SIN by Paul J. de la Mare. Mr Robert Soles, 27 Madera Avenue, Ealing, Lon- don W5 SRF.
IMPRESSIONS OF AFRICA by Raymond Roussel, (translated by L. Foord and Rayner Heppenstall, 1966). Write: The Old Boathouse, Shooter's Hill, Pangbourne, Berks.
THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu, translated by Samuel B. Griffiths, the hard-back edition, last published in 1977 by the Clarendon Press, Ox- ford. Stephen Wright, c/o 34 Trinity Church Square, London SE1. Tel: 01-403 1138.
ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS (2 vols) by H. Fox Bourne, and other press histories. Details: 1 Oakfields Gardens, London SEI9 IHF.
OUR LIFE IN THE SWISS HIGHLANDS by John Addington Symonds, published by Black, London, 1st or 2nd edition. Dr H. W. Gillespie, C.P. 7, CH-6577 Ranzo, Switzerland.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF NUTRITION by Mary Schwarz Ruse. Mrs Hills, H.D.R.A., Con- vent Lane, Bocking, Braintree, Essex CM7 6RW. ROTHMANS RUGBY YEAR BOOK 1972-1973. Box No: 21ORR.
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