Penguin First Editions :: Early First Edition Penguin Books

The first King Penguin 'K1' was published in November 1939 and sold for 1/- (one shilling) each. The series ended in 1959 after 76 volumes had been produced.

The inspiration for the series, which was acknowledged by Allen Lane, came from the books published by the German publisher Insel. In an article about the Penguin Modern Painters, Lane said: 'The aim of the King Penguin is different. These have not been planned to coincide with the public's growing appreciation of art, but rather to appeal to the general liking for illustrated keepsakes of special projects. For this reason they are specialised ... often dealing with by no means broad subjects, such as the History of British Military Uniforms, The Stone Carvings at Southwell Cathedral, Poisonous Fungi and Romney Marsh. The original idea for King Penguins came from the small Insel-Verlag books which were published in Germany before the war. Why, we felt, should there not be a similar series of books in this country? The experiment, started a few weeks after war broke out, turned out to be successful. One of the most distinctive features of this series is their decorative covers.'

DUST WRAPPERS: Users of this site have asked which of the King Penguins were produced with Dust Wrappers or Jackets (d/w). It seems that sometime during 1949 Penguin began producing King Penguins with dust wrappers - so that nos: 41, 44, 48 and all from 52 were published with d/w. In addition, the 1946 edition of A Christmas Carol (no. 32) was also produced with a dust wapper. After 1950 some reprints of earlier King Penguins were produced with d/w. Following requests, entries of first impression/edition books produced with dust wrappers are marked §.

Information and cover photographs of King Penguin Books:

K1	Series No.: K1 Title: BRITISH BIRDS ON LAKE, RIVER AND STREAM Author: Phyllis Barclay-Smith Colour Plates: John Gould Contents: 16 colour plates; one black-and-white portrait in text Date Published: 7 November 1939 Editor: Elizabeth Senior Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer: Adprint Ltd and Henderson and Spalding Ltd Price: 1/-
K2	Series No.: K2 Title: A BOOK OF ROSES Author: J. Ramsbottom Colour Plates: Pierre-Joseph Redouté Contents: 16 colour plates; one black-and-white portrait in text Date Published: 7 November 1939 Editor: Elizabeth Senior Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer: Adprint Ltd and Henderson and Spalding Ltd Price: 1/-
K3	Series No.: K3 Title: A BOOK OF SHIPS Author: Charles Mitchell Contents: 16 colour plates; 11 black-and-white illustrations Date Published: 23 September 1941 Editor: Elizabeth Senior Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer: Adprint Ltd and Henderson and Spalding Ltd Price: 1/- Binding: This book was produced in two versions - the usual hardback, and a soft cover. The photo shown is of the soft cover version
K4	Series No.: K4 Title: PORTRAITS OF CHRIST Authors: Ernst Kitzinger and Elizabeth Senior Contents: 16 colour plates; 14 black-and-white illustrations Date Published: 7 February 1941 [printed date: 1940] Editor: Elizabeth Senior Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer: Adprint Ltd and Henderson and Spalding Ltd Price: 1/- Binding: This book was produced in two versions - the usual hardback, and a soft cover. The photo shown is of the hard cover version
K5	Series No.: K5 Title: CARICATURE Authors: E. H. Gombrich and E. Kris Contents: 16 colour plates; 19 black-and-white illustrations Cover illustration: by G. L. Bernini Date Published: 7 February 1941 [printed date: 1940] Editor: Elizabeth Senior Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer: Adprint Ltd and Henderson and Spalding Ltd Price: 2/- Binding: This book was produced in two versions - the usual hardback, and a soft cover. The photo shown is of the hard cover version
K6	Series No.: K6 Title: BRITISH SHELLS Author: F. Martin Duncan Contents: 16 colour plates; 3 black-and-white diagrams in text Cover Design: by Marian Mahler Date Published: June 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): The Baynard Press Price: 2/-
K7	Series No.: K7 Title: FASHIONS AND FASHION PLATES 1800-1900 Author: James Laver Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Marian Mahler Date Published: June 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K8	Series No.: K8 Title: ELIZABETHAN MINIATURES Author: Carl Winter Contents: 16 colour plates; 3 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: June 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Colour blocks: made by W. F. Sedgwick Ltd Printer (colour plates): George Pulman and Sons Ltd Price: 2/-
K9	Series No.: K9 Title: THE MICROCOSM OF LONDON Author: John Summerson Illustrations: Thomas Rolandson and Augustus Charles Pugin Contents: 16 colour plates; black-and-white frontispiece Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: June 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K10	Series No.: K10 Title: THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY Author: Eric Maclaglan Illustrated: by Thomas E. Griffits (erroneously printed 'Griffiths') Contents: 8 colour plates; 40 monochrome plates; black-and-white map Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: December 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): The Baynard Press Printer (monochrome plates): Harrison and Sons Ltd Price: 2/-
K11	Series No.: K11 Title: FISHES OF BRITIN'S RIVERS AND LAKES Author: J. R. Norman Illustration: by Edward Donovan Colour Plates: Edward Donovan (1802-08) Contents: 16 colour plates; 2 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Charles Paine Date Published: December 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K12	Series No.: K12 Title: THE POET'S CORNER Author: Sir Max Beerbohm Introduction: John Rothenstein Frontispiece: William Rothenstein Contents: 24 colour plates; 4 black-and-white illustrations Cover Design: Reproduction of Max Beerbohm's original design Date Published: December 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): The Curwen Press Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K13	Series No.: K13 Title: EDIBLE FUNGI Author: John Ramsbottom Colour plates: Rose Ellenby Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Rose Ellenby Date Published: Printed in 1943; listed as published in July 1944 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): The Curwen Press Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K14	Series No.: K14 Title: A BOOK OF LILIES Author: Fred Stoker Colour plates: Lillian Snelling Contents: 16 colour plates; 2 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Marianne Mahler Date Published: December 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K15	Series No.: K15 Title: SEASHORE LIFE AND PATTERN Author: Thomas Alan Stephenson Contents: 16 colour plates; 10 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Thomas Alan Stephenson Date Published: July 1944 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 28pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): The Curwen Press Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K16	Series No.: K16 Title: CHILDREN AS ARTISTS Author: R. R. Tomlinson Contents: 16 colour plates; 13 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: 'from a potato cut by a boy age 14, pupil at a public school' Date Published: December 1944 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): Harrison and Son Ltd Colour blocks: made by Siviter Smith Engravers Ltd Printer (plates): Edmund Evans Ltd (blocks made by Siviter Smith Engravers Ltd) Price: 2/-
K17	Series No.: K17 Title: THE LEAVES OF SOUTHWELL Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Photographs: F. L. Attenborough Contents: 33 plates; 24 figures and a plan in text Date Published: December 1945 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 72pp. + 32pp. Printer: Harrison and Sons Ltd Price: 2/-
K18	Series No.: K18 Title: SOME BRITISH MOTHS Author: Norman Riley Contents: 16 colour plates Illustrated: by Moses Harris Cover Design: by Enid Marx Date Published: May 1945 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K19	Series No.: K19 Title: GARDEN BIRDS Author: Phyllis Barclay-Smith Contents: 20 colour plates; 3 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Sylvia Varley Date Published: May 1945 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K20	Series No.: K20 Title: ENGLISH BALLET Author: Janet Leeper Contents: 16 colour plates; 6 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover design: by Kay Ambrose Spine note: The King Penguin logo on spine wears a dress Date Published: December 1944 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): Edmund Evans Ltd (blocks made by John Swain and Son Ltd) Price: 2/-
K21	Series No.: K21 Title: POPULAR ART IN BRITAIN Author: Noel Carrington Illustrated: by Clarke Hutton Contents: 32 plates colour and black-and-white Cover Design: by Clarke Hutton Date Published: December 1945 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 32pp. Printer (text): W. S. Cowell Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/- The title on the cover and spine is Popular English Art
K22	Series No.: K22 Title: HERALDRY IN ENGLAND Author: Anthony Wagner Contents: 15 colour plates; 0ne black-and-white illustration in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: November 1946 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 15pp. Printer (text): Curwen Press Ltd Printer (colour plates): Edmund Evans Ltd (blocks made by Engravers Guild Ltd) Price: 2/6d
K23	Series No.: K23 Title: POISONOUS FUNGI Author: John Ramsbottom Colour plates: Rose Ellenby Contents: 16 colour plates; 4 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Joy Jarvis Date Published: December 1945 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/-
K24	Series No.: K24 Title: BIRDS OF THE SEA Author: R. M. Lockley Colour plates: R. B. Talbot Kelly Contents: 24 colour plates; 2 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover design: by Enid Marx Date Published: December 1945 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): Adams Bros. and Shardlow Ltd (blocks made by S. S. Offset Ltd) Price: 2/-
K25	Series No.: K25 Title: UR: THE FIRST PHASES Author: Leonard Wooley Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: Printed in 1946; listed as published May 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K26	Series No.: K26 Title: A BOOK OF TOYS Author: Gwen White Colour plates: Gwen White Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Gwen White Date Published: December 1946 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 64pp. Printer (text): Adams Bros. and Shardlow Ltd Printer (colour plates): S. S. Offset Ltd Price: 2/6d
K27	Series No.: K27 Title: FLOWERS OF MARSH AND STREAM Author: Iolo A. Williams Drawings: Noel Rooke Contents: 16 colour plates; 3 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Noel Rooke Date Published: November 1946 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 38pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): The Baynard Press Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K28	Series No.: K28 Title: A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CLOCKS Author: R. W. Symonds Contents: 72 photographic plates; 6 line drawings in text Cover Design: by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis Date Published: November 1946 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 80pp. + 72pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K29	Series No.: K29 Title: FLOWERS OF THE WOODS Author: E. J. Salisbury Contents: 24 colour plates Cover Design: by Rosemary and Clifford Ellis Date Published: printed in 1946 and listed as published in April 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K30	Series No.: K30 Title: A SELECTION OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD BY THOMAS BEWICK (WITH A NOTE ON HIM BY JOHN RAYNER) Author: John Rayner Engravings: Thomas Bewick Contents: 30 black-and-white plates; 17 illustrations in text; illustrated endpapers Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: April 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 56pp. Printer (text): Edmund Evans Ltd Printer (blocks): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K31	Series No.: K31 Title: ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATION 1800 - 1900 Author: Philip James Contents: 36 plates, 8 in colour; 14 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: September 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 72pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): Edmund Evans Ltd Printer (plates): (collogravure) Harrison and Sons, (colour) John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K32	Series No.: K32 Title: A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE, BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS Author: Charles Dickens Illustrations: John Leech Contents: 4 colour plates; 4 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: December 1946 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 138pp. Printer (text): Spottiswoode Ballantyne and Co; Cover - Clarke and Sherwell Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d Second image shows dust wrapper or jacket, which has different design from cover, and replicates the illustration by John Leech opposite the title page. § produced with dust wrapper
K33	Series No.: K33 Title: RUSSIAN ICONS Author: David Talbot Rice Contents: 16 colour plates; Cover Design: by Enid Marx (corrected) Date Published: December 1946 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Colour Blocks: made by Siviter Smith Engravers Ltd Printer (colour plates): George Pulman and Sons Ltd Price: 2/6d
K34	Series No.: K34 Title: THE ENGLISH TRADITION IN DESIGN Author: John Gloag Contents: 72 photographic plates; 3 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: October 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 72pp. Printer (text): The Baynard Press Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K35	Series No.: K35 Title: A BOOK OF SPIDERS Author: W. S. Bristowe Drawings: A. T. Hollick (previously unpublished 1867-70) Contents: 24 colour plates; 8 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Mary W. Duncan Date Published: September 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K36	Series No.: K36 Title: BALLOONING Author: C. H. Gibbs-Smith Contents: 32 plates, 14 in colour Cover Design: by Marian Mahler Date Published: November 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 32pp. Printer (text): The Curwen Press Printer (colour plates): made by John Swain and Son Ltd; printed by Balding and Mansell Price: 2/6d
K37	Series No.: K37 Title: WILD FLOWERS OF THE CHALK Author: John Gilmour Colour plates: Irene Hawkins Contents: 16 colour plates; one black-and-white illustrations and one map in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: November 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K38	Series No.: K38 Title: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON Authors: L. D. Ettlinger and R. G. Holloway Contents: 16 colour plates; 3 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Hans Schwarz Date Published: December 1947 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K39	Series No.: K39 Title: WOODCUTS OF ALBRECHT DURER Author: T. D. Barlow Contents: 84 black-and-white plates Cover illustration: woodcut by Albrecht Durer Date Published: September 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 26pp. + 84pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K40	Series No.: K40 Title: EDWARD GORDON CRAIG DESIGNS FOR THE THEATRE Author: Janet Leeper Contents: frontispiece; 40 colour and two-tone plates; 4 illustrations in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: October 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 48pp. + 40pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K41	Series No.: K41 Title: BRITISH BUTTERFLIES Author: E. B. Ford Colour Plates: Paxton Chadwick Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Paxton Chadwick Date Published: October 1951 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper
K42	Series No.: K42 Title: BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS Author: James Laver Contents: 24 colour plates Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: October 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K43	Series No.: K43 Title: A PROSPECT OF WALES Author: Gwyn Jones Illustrator: Kenneth Rowntree Contents: 20 colour plates; 3 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Kenneth Rowntree Date Published: September 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 20pp. Printer (text): Silk and Terry Ltd Printer (plates): made by W. F. Sedgwick Ltd; printed by Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd; cover printed by John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K44	Series No.: K44 Title: TULIPOMANIA Author: Wilfrid Blunt Water Colours: Alexander Marshal (17th century) Contents: 16 plates; 3 line drawings in text Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: October 1950 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): Silk and Terry Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K45	Series No.: K45 Title: UNKNOWN WESTMINSTER ABBEY Author: Lawrence E. Tanner Photographs: R. P. Howgrave-Graham Contents: 64 photographic plates Date Published: November 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 64pp. Printer (text): Baynard Press Printer (plates): Clarke and Sherwell Ltd Price: 2/6d
K46	Series No.: K46 Title: HIGHLAND DRESS Author: George F. Collie Colour plates: McIan's The Clans of the Scottish Highlands Contents: 24 colour plates; 2 black-and-white illustrations in text Date Published: November 1948 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K47	Series No.: K47 Title: BRITISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA Author: Malcolm Smith Colour plates: Paxton Chadwick Contents: 16 colour plates; 6 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Paxton Chadwick Date Published: June 1949 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): Silk and Terry Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K48	Series No.: K48 Title: A BOOK OF SCRIPTS Author: Alfred Fairbank Contents: 64 plates in black and white,13 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Jan Tschichold, adapted from Juan de Yciar, 1547. Date Published: November 1949 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 64pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K49	Series No.: K49 Title: SOME BRITISH BEETLES Author: Geoffrey Taylor Colour plates: Vere Temple Contents: 24 colour plates; 4 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Vere Temple Date Published: printed in 1948, listed as published in June 1949 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K50	Series No.: K50 Title: POPULAR ART IN THE UNITED STATES Author: Erwin O. Christensen Colour plates: from the Index of American Design National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Contents: 32 plates, colour and black-and-white Cover design: by Alice Stearns Date Published: printed in 1948, listed as published in June 1949 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 32pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 2/6d
K51	Series No.: K51 Title: LIFE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE Introductory Essay: Noel Carrington Lithographs: Edward Bawden Contents: 16 lithographs; 6 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Edward Bawden Date Published: June 1949 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer: The Curwen Press Printer (cover): Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 2/6d.
K52	Series No.: K52 Title: THE ISLE OF WIGHT Author: Barbara Jones Illustrator: Barbara Jones Contents: 16 colour plates; 5 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Clifford Barry Date Published: July 1950 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K53	Series No.: K53 Title: FLOWERS OF THE MEADOW Author: Geoffrey Grigson Colour plates: Robin Tanner Contents: 24 colour plates Cover Design: by Robin Tanner Date Published: June 1950 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 24pp. Printer (text): The Curwen Press Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K54	Series No.: K54 Title: GREEK TERRACOTTAS Author: T. B. L. Webster Contents: 54 collogravure plates Cover Design: by Enid Marx Date Published: printed in 1950 and listed as published in April 1951 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 54pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (collogravure plates): Harrison and Sons Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K55	Series No.: K55 Title: ROMNEY MARSH Author: John Piper Illustrator: John Piper Contents: 16 colour plates; 17 black-and-white illustrations in text Date Published: May 1950 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K56	Series No.: K56 Title: EARLY BRITISH RAILWAYS Author: Christian Barman Contents: 16 reproductions of old prints; 4 line drawings in text Cover Design: by Enid Marx Date Published: May 1950 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): Robert Cunningham and Sons Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K57	Series No.: K57 Title: A BOOK OF MOSSES Author: Paul Richards Colour plates: Johannes Hedwig's Descriptio Muscorum Contents: 16 plates; 3 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Paxton Chadwick Date Published: July 1950 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 40pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/- § produced with dust wrapper
K58	Series No.: K58 Title: A BOOK OF DUCKS Author: Phyllis Barclay-Smith Colour plates: Peter Shepheard Contents: 16 colour plates; 19 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Peter Shepheard Date Published: April 1951 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K59	Series No.: K59 Title: ACKERMANN'S CAMBRIDGE Author: Reginald Ross Williamson Colour plates: from A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 1815. Contents: 20 colour plates Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: June 1951 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 20pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 4/- § produced with dust wrapper
K60	Series No.: K60 Title: THE CROWN JEWELS Author: Oliver Warner Colour plates: Paxton Chadwick Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Paxton Chadwick Date Published: June 1951 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 4/- § produced with dust wrapper
K61	Series No.: K61 Title: AN ATLAS OF TUDOR ENGLAND AND WALES Author: E. G. R. Taylor Colour plates: John Speed's Pocket Atlas of 1627 Contents: 40 plates Date Published: June 1951 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 40pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K62	Series No.: K62 Title: MEDIEVAL CARVINGS IN EXETER CATHEDRAL Author: C. J. P. Cave Illustrated: photography by C. J. P. Cave Commentary: Nikolaus Pevsner on the art of Exeter carvers Contents: 64 photographic plates; 2 illustrations in text Date Published: May 1953 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 46pp. + 64pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (photogravure plates): Harrison and Sons Ltd Price: 4/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K63	Series No.: K63 Title: A BOOK OF GREEK COINS Author: Charles Seltman Contents: 48 photogravure plates; and a map (by William Grimmond) Cover Design: by William Grimmond Vignette: on title page by Thomas Morris Date Published: November 1952 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 48pp. Printer (text): Robert Cunningham and Sons Ltd Printer (photogravure plates): Harrison and Sons Ltd Price: 4/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K64	Series No.: K64 Title: MAGIC BOOKS FROM MEXICO Author: C. A. Burland Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by William Grimmond Date Published: February 1953 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 4/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K65	Series No.: K65 Title: SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES Author: N. Wooster Colour plates: Arthur Smith Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Arthur Smith Date Published: printed in 1952, listed as published in May 1953 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 4/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K66	Series No.: K66 Title: BIRDS OF LA PLATA Author: W. H. Hudson Introduction: Richard Curle Colour plates: S. Magno Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Sarah Nechamkin Date Published: April 1952 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 30pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 4/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K67	Series No.: K67 Title: MOUNTAIN BIRDS Author: R. A. Coombes Colour plates: G. E. Lodge Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: Reproduced from a patterned paper in the collection of Olga Hirsch Date Published: November 1952 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 4/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K68	Series No.: K68 Title: ANIMALS IN STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY Author: Bernard Rackham Colour plates: Peggy Jeremy Contents: 16 colour plates, 4 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Peggy Jeremy Date Published: September 1953 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper
K69	Series No.: K69 Title: ACKERMANN'S OXFORD Notes by: H. M. Colvin Colour plates: *from Rudolph Ackermann's A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings,* 1814, and James Ingram's Memorials of Oxford, 1837 Contents: 16 colour plates, 8 black-and-white plates Cover Design: by Gordon Cullen Date Published: May 1954 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 36pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/-** § produced with dust wrapper
K70	Series No.: K70 Title: THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN showing how he went farther than he intended and came safe home again Author: William Cowper Illustrations: Ronald Searle Contents: 43 black-and-white illustrations (pen and wash printed gravure); one in clour on the cover Cover illustration: by Ronald Searle Cover lettering: John Brinkley Date Published: November 1953 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 46pp. Printer: Harrison and Sons Ltd Printer (cover): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 3/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K71	Series No.: K71 Title: EGYPTIAN PAINTINGS Author: Nina M. Davies Illustrations: Nina M. Davies Contents: 16 colour plates, 3 black-and-white figures in text Cover Design: by Patricia Lyle Date Published: May 1954 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper
K72	Series No.: K72 Title: MISERICORDS MEDIEVAL LIFE IN ENGLISH WOODCARVING Author: M. D. Anderson Contents: 48 photographic plates, 2 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Berthold Wolpe Date Published: October 1954 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 48pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (gravure plates): Clarke and Sherwell Ltd Price: 3/6d. § produced with dust wrapper
K73	Series No.: K73 Title: THE PICTURE OF CRICKET Author: John Arlott Contents: 16 colour or black-and white plates; 5 black-and-white illustrations in text Cover Design: by Lynton Lamb Date Published: May 1955 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper
K74	Series No.: K74 Title: WOODLAND BIRDS Author: Phyllis Barclay-Smith Illustrations: Peter Shepheard Contents: 16 colour plates Cover Design: by Peter Shepheard Date Published: November 1955 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): William Clowes and Sons Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper
K75	Series No.: K75 Title: MONUMENTAL BRASSES Author: James Mann Contents: 32 plates (in black and 'brass colour') Cover Design: by John Griffiths Date Published: November 1957 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Pages: 40pp. + 32pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (colour plates): John Swain and Son Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper
K76	Series No.: K76 Title: THE SCULPTURE OF THE PARTHENON Author: P. E. Corbett Contents: 40 black-and-white plates; 7 line drawings and plans in text Date Published: July 1959 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Pages: 40pp. + 40pp. Printer (text): Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Printer (plates): Clarke and Sherwell Ltd Price: 5/- § produced with dust wrapper

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