25 AUGUST 1973, Page 5

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Sir Bookbuyer of August 18 quotes Everest South West Face by Chris Bonington as an example of creeping price-rise, jumping from 63.50 to 64.50 since February. In fact the book is priced at 63.95 and with 24 pages of colour illustrations, 32 pages of black and white and 345 pages of text, we feel that this excellently written book must be one of the best bargains of the year, A. W. Gordon Editor, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, Saint Paul's House, Warwick Lane, London EC4