Anyone still wanting assistance in time to get their entry in, the shapes in the first 3 ranks were 553, 337 and 553. These were mirrored in ranks 4-6 and the whole thing mirrored in the bottom half. The summations should work out (L to R) 26(selecting E), 143(selecting R), 39, 130(selecting E), 65(selecting E), 156, 13 for the central rank, 117, 78(selecting L), 91, 169(selecting O), 104 and 52. The book title should be entered in base 13. The question and author occurs in the 13th letter of clues 21A thru 1D