Entry by catalogue, 100 of which have been signed by Julian Barnes (price pounds 20) for the next generation of book collectors. He points to some Iris Murdoch and a mountain of periodicals he wants out But his good intentions are not so easy to fulfil. Now he has all the green-spined volumes of Ford’s First World War quartet, which he rates highly. The Kelmscott Bookshop in Baltimore recently sent him a first edition of Ford Madox Ford’s Some Do Not.. (1924), which he had sought for 15 years.

High jump: 1 D Marti (GB) 1.92m; 2 N Zilienskiene (Lith) 1.89; 3 J Jennings (GB) 1.83. Javelin: 1 T Damaske (Ger) 66.62m; 2 H Rantanen (Fin) 65.46; 3 O Ovchinnikova (Rus) 63.26.. Britain’s Henry Akinwande has been given a change of opponent in his quest for the vacant World Boxing Organisation heavyweight title in Indio, California, on Saturday. The 29-year-old London-born fighter will now face Jeremy Williams, of California, after his original scheduled opponent, Alex Zolken, suffered a cut over his left eye in training that needed 12 stitches.

400m: 1 A Jurtsenko (Ukr) 5278sec; 2 L Naylor (Aus) 5333; 3 Y Warren (US) 5398. 800m: 1 K Holmes (GB) 1min 58.53sec; 2 M Everlof (Swe) 2:01.66; 3 K Gudesen (Den) 2:04.61. 5,000m: 1 F Ribeiro (Por) 14min 52.66sec; 2 A Sandell (Fin) 15:14.34; 3 S Wedlund (Swe) 15:19.53. Long jump: 1 L Ninova (Aut) 6.99m; 2 Y Chen (Rus) 6.71; 3 V Vershinina (Ukr) 6.64. Javelin: 1 B Henry (Ger) 86.48m; 2 P Boden (Swe) 82.60; 3 H Hakkarainen (Fin) 81.76.