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<b>Human Blood and Serum Groups</b>, by Otto Prokop, Gerhard Uhlenbruck, John L Raven (trans), 891 pp, 163 illus, $45, New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1969. These two books have some things in common. They both cover the subject in great detail, both are admirable, and both are of interest primarily to workers in this special field of genetically determined proteins, enzymes, and blood groups. Dr. Giblett's book certainly ranks as an outstanding compendium. As might be expected, the chapter on haptoglobin is outstanding, but there are equally scholarly and complete sections on the immunoglobulins, transferrin, the Ge system, β-lipoprotein allotypes, pseudocholinesterase, alkaline phosphatase, glucose-G-phosphate dehydrogenase and the hemoglobins. Within the unreserved praise I would give this book, I must point out that the section on blood groups is the weakest. Dr. Giblett deals with the difference between the Race-Sanger concept and that of Wiener as a problem of