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Advanced Crystal Growth. Edited by P. M. DRYBURGH, B. Cockayne and K. G. Barraclough. (New York, London, Sydney: Prentice Hall, 1987.) [Pp. xv + 586 + sub.ject index.] Price £75·00 soft cover.

Metallic Superlattices. Artificially Structured Materials. Edited by T. Shinjo and T. Takada. (Amsterdam and New York: Elsevier, 1987.) [Pp. viii + 264 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 24·00; US $126·25 hard cover.

Electrodynamics of the Semiconductor Band Edge. By A. Stahl and I. Balsley. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987.) [Pp. ix + 202 + subject index + cumulative index for Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Volumes 36–110.) Price DM 92·50 hard cover.

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of the Actinides. Volume 5. Edited by A. J. Freeman and G. H. Lander. (Amsterdam, Oxford and New York: Elsevier, 1987.) [Pp. × + 372 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 260·00 hard cover.

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths. Volume 10. High Energy Spectroscopy. Edited by K. A. Geschneider, L. Eyring and S. Hüfner. (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: North-Holland, 1987.) [Pp. xi + 599 + subject index.] Price Dfl. 350·00 hard cover.

Innovation in Zeolite Materials Science. Edited by P. J. Grobet, W. J. Mortier, E. F. Vansant and G. Schulz-Ekloff (Amsterdam and New York: Elsevier, 1988.) [Pp. xiv + 534 + author index.] Price Dfl. 285·00; US $150·00 hard cover. (Proceedings of the international symposium on zeolites which was held at Niewpoort, Belgium, September 13–17 1987. 54 contributions.)

Graphics for Chemical Structures. Integration with Text and Data. Edited by W. A. Warr. (Washington: American Chemical Society, 1987.) [Pp. xiii + 155 + subject index.] Price US $53·95 hard cover.

Principles and Applications of Resonance Ionisation Spectroscopy. By G. S. Hurst and M. G. Payne. (Bristol and Philadelphia: Adam Hilger, 1988.) [Pp. × + 400+ subject index.] Price 550·00 hard cover.

Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, Fundamentals. By G. Vertocen and W. H. De Jeu. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.) [Pp. xi + 320 + subject index.] Price DM 134·00; US $76·50 hard cover.

Laser-Induced Raman Spectroscopy in Crystals and Gases. Edited by P. P. Pashinin. (Commack: Nova Science, 1988.) [Pp. ix + 209 + subject index.] Price US $70·00 hard cover.

Nonequilibrium Superconductivity. Edited by V. L. Ginzburg. (Commack: Nova Science, 1988.) [Pp. viii + 282 + subject index.] Price US $106·00 hard cover.