Books Wanted

DICTIONARY OF PLANTS USED BY MAN by George Usher (Constable). Stuart Robinson 028 582 553.

BEST ONE-ACT PLAYS OF 1958-59 edited by H. Miller, ditto of 1960-61. Also 'New English Dramatists' vol 3 (Penguin) and Sean O'Casey, Coll. Plays, vol 3 (Harrap). Offers to Dr W. Weise, Freidensstr 38a, D-6368 Bad Vilbel 2, West Germany.

WAR LORDS — Military Commanders of the Twentieth Century. Edited by Michael Carter (Weidenfield and Nicholson 1976). Tel: 0297 77084/5.

MARGERY ALLINGHAM: 'The China Governess' and 'The Mind Readers', hardback with dust covers (Chatto & Windus). Jennifer M. Halliday, 7 Marlborough Crescent, Stockton Heath, Warrington WA4 2EE, SHAKESPEARE KEY by Cowden Clarke. J. A. Scott, 3 Woodhall Rd, Edinburgh EH13 ODQ. THE APPEAL OF FASCISM by Alistair Hamilton and 'Selected Essays' by Henry de Montherlant. Paul Wilkins, St Columb's College, Buncrana Road, Londonderry BT48 8NH.

BOSIE by Rupert Croft-Cooke (1963) and the modern edition of `Roscius Anglicanus' by John Downes. Richard Gamman, 66 Westbourne • Gardens, Hove BN3 5PQ.

OLD HERBACEOUS by Reginald Arkell. A. J. Fisher, 25a De Cham Rd, St Leonards-on-Sea, E. Sussex TN37 6JP.

MY AMERICAN by Stella Gibbons. Wayman, Colts Hall, Cavendish, Suffolk.

REX STOUT: Ter de Lance' or any of his Nero Wolfe detective novels. Gilbert Longden, 89 Cornwall Gardens, London SW7 4AX.

ENID WELSFORD: 'The Fool' (Faber & Faber 1935 reissued 1968). Peter Robins, 2 Palfrey Place, Kennington, London SW8.

SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER: 'The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia' (London 1867) and 'The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon' (London 1854). Christopher Robbins, 427 Alta Drive, Santa Monica, California 904432.

SCIENTIFIC ADVERTISING by Claude Hopkins. G. Trencar-Harvey, 300 Russell Court, London WC1.

SMOKE by Ivan Turgeniev. E. A. Eborall, Tally Ho House, Castle Townshead, Co. Cork, Eire. BOMBAY EXPLOSION by John Ennis (Cassell). Kenneth B. Holded, 19 PiIley Crescent, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos GL53 9ES. THE REVENGE OF THE LAWN by Richard Brautigen. H. Cooper 221 4093.

A. C. BENSON: 'The Thread of Gold', any edition and 'The Benson Dairy' by Percy Lubbock (1926). David Low, Emmington, Chinnor, Oxford 0X9 4AA.

AGAINST ALL HISTORY, paperback published in the mid-1970s. James Harboud, 256 Lignet Drive, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 8AJ. THIE HUMAN FACTOR IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS by David Beaty. Mrs Christou, Bond Corporation, 17th Floor, International House, 26 Si George's Terrace, Perth, W. Australia 6000.

CARD PLAY TECHNIQUE by Victor Rollo & Nico Gardner (Faber & Faber). Mrs J. Hamilton, Trefach, Hebron, Whitland, Dyfed SA34 OJX. Contd. on p.38.

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THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND, 3 vols, by Father Philip Hughes: 'The. King's Proceedings', 'Religio Depopulata' and 'True Religion now established' (Hollis and Carter). Walter Bee, Bodilare, Glass, Huntly, Aberdeenshire ABS 4XR.

TONY GRAY: 'The Last Laugh' (Heinemann) and/or 'The Seige of Deary' (Macdonald), or any of his books. William Miller, 7 West Grove, London SE 1 O.

CHRISTOPHER HASSALL: any books or information. Roy Heron, 27 Bosville Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3JD. • THE DAUGHTERS OF MULBERRY by Roger Longrigg. Box No 311TD.

ADOBE WALLS by W. R. Burnett and 'The Man Who Shot Valance' by Dorothy M. Johnson. Mr Dixon, Redlands, 18 Broadsands Park Rd, Paignton, Devon TQ4 6JG.

SHELL COUNTY GUIDES to Herefordshire (Verey) and Shropshire (Piper and Betjeman). Also Murray Guide to Lancashire (Betjeman). Whitaker, 13 Elsworthy Rd, London NW3. OLIVER KNOX: 'An Italian Delusion', 'Asylum' and 'Brothers at War'. 0. J. Leonard, 36 Sandtoft Rd, Charlton, London SE7 7LR. BATTLESHIP BARHAM by Geoffrey Jones (Kimber 1979). Mr J. Drakeley Tel: 0730 4864. PHILIP GRIERSON: 'Numismatics' (0.U.P. now out of print). Caroline Paern, 16 Stoneygate Rd, Leicester LE2 2AB.

ROMANIA: A COMPLETE GUIDE by Peter Latham (Garnstone Press 1968). Don Peters, 9 Hillside Crescent, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 lEN. THE MURMANSK VENTURE by C. C. M. Maynard (1928). T. F. O'Reilly, 22 Rotherfield Ave, Bexhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex TN40 1SY. MONTAGUE: 'Grey Pastures'. R. Whittle, 7 Viceroy Court, Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 8RS.

WE CALLED IT MUSIC by Eddie Condon. Any edition. Graham Tayar, 25 Fortess Rd, London NW5. Tel: 01-485 0578 (h) or 01-580 4468 x 3427 (o).

THE POWER OF SOUND by Edmund Gurney plus the volume of Gurney's essays, title unknown. David Landells, 17 Copse Hill, London SW20 ONB.

HARRY COLLINGWOOD, any books by (boys adventure stories). Lewis, Grange Lodge, Grange Lane, Liverpool. Tel: 051 428 3671. DICKENS: 'Pickwick Papers', `Nicholas Nickleby' and 'Christmas Tales', illustrated by C.E. & H.M. Block (Harrap c. 1932). John Hanson, 7 College Road North, Blundellsands, Liverpool 23 8UP.

OCCUPIED TERRITORY by Polly Peabody. Please write Mrs E. Munn, 15 Cromwell Place, SW7.

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