PENGUIN COLLECTORS' SOCIETY 'MISCELLANY' and OTHER Publications




This Page: PCS 'Miscellany' and Other publications


See also:
PCS 'Newsletter' and 'The Collector'

The Penguin Collectors' Society (PCS) was formed in 1973. The PCS published a Newsletter twice a year for its members. The 'Newsletter' eventually became 'The Penguin Collector' and by December 2013 reached issue 81. The Editorial in Miscellany 1 explained that:

"MISCELLANY is an attempt, long discussed, to meet the wishes of Penguin collectors by making readily available once more the most important and enduring material that has appeared in PCSN over the years, taking the opportunity to revise and consolidate where appropriate."

An annual volume was planned.

Additionally, we also include OTHER publications by the Penguin Collectors' Society. Miscellany ceased after No. 13 in 1998. However, PCS had in addition previously published other interesting books, and they continued to do so after 1998. The list below is given in chronological order.

Some copies of the Penguin Collectors' Society publications (New Publications, Miscellany and Other PCS Publications) are available from the PCS website: click here


Information and cover photographs of Penguin Classified Lists Series:

1977	For Penguin Collectors' Society: 1977 Title: CATALOGUE OF PENGUIN BOOKS TO 1956 Date Published: 1977 (100 copies) Pages: 128pp. Printer: Cambridge University Library This book is the forerunner to publications by PCS. It was printed at Cambridge University Library in 1977 and was "reprinted for members of the Penguin Collectors' Society only by Permission of Penguin Books Ltd.". Essentially this is a reprint of the List at the back of Q21, 'The Penguin Story', published in July 1956, which is headed "A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF PENGUIN BOOKS".
PCS:1980	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1980 Title: THE KING PENGUIN SERIES Author: David J. Hall Date Published by PCS: May 1980 (300 copies) Pages: 28pp. Price: £ Contents: The King Penguin Series Check List
PCS:1981	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1981 Title: SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF PENGUIN BOOKS 1956 - 1971 Date Published by PCS: serially from November 1981 Pages: 16pp. nos. 1-4; 28pp no. 5 Price: 75p. each "This list forms a supplement to 'A complete catalogue of publications of Penguin Books' which was first published in The Penguin Story MCMXXXV-MCMLVI by W. E. Williams; Penguin, 1956." The reprint is of selected entries from: Complete catalogue of the publications of Penguin Books Penguin Books, 1970 (published by Penguin Books as Q100) The five instalments: 1. Smaller Series I, including Handbooks, Poets, Puffins etc. (1956-1971) 2. Pelican Books A321-A1362 (1956-1971) 3. Penguin Books I, 1068 to 2141 (1956-1964) 4. Penguin Books II, 2142 to 3311 (1964-1971) 5. Smaller Series II including Classics and Plays( 1956-1971)
PCS:Microfiche	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1981 Title: PENGUIN BOOKS - BOOK AVAILABILITY (LISTS ON MICROFICHE) Date published: 7 October 1981 (presumably obtained from Penguin Books) Sheets: 6 Price: £2.50 Contents: 2 x Sheets of Microfiche: AUTHOR SEQuence from AARON to LEAKEY, and from LEADMAN to 9999 2 x Sheets of Microfiche: TITLE SEQuence from PLSH: A MIDSUMME to THE MAN WHOSE D, and from THE MAN WHOSE M to 9999 FAR PAVILI 2 x Sheets of Microfiche: ISBN SEQuence from 14xx1011 to 140304762, and from 140304770 to 111111111 This note appears in the May 1981 Newsletter (no. 16): "Members who requested a copy of Penguin Books' current complete catalogue, 1935-1981, on microfiche, should now have received it. The editor ... has some spares, so any others who would like a copy of this list should write to him enclosing £2.50. It is, unfortunately, useless unless one has access to a microfiche reader." Interestingly, the microfiche is dated 7 October 1981, but the intimation that the items should have been received is given in the May 1981 Newsletter (at page 191). Second image is a close-up of part of the Author Sequence list (sheet 2)
PCS:1982	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1982 Title: KING PENGUINS: THEIR PLACE IN 20TH CENTURY PUBLISHING Author: Diana Bishop Date Published by PCS: October 1982 (250 copies) Pages: 24pp. Price: £1.75 Contents: List of King Penguin Books King Penguins: their place in twentieth century publishing Intentions and influences Three phases Finance and promotion The war years King Penguins and the National Book League The end of King Penguins References; and Publisher's Note
PCS:1983	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1983 Title: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND: A SHORT HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Author: Bridget Cherry Illustration: 8 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Date Published by PCS: 28 March 1983 Pages: 28pp. + 8pp. Price: £2.25 Contents include:
Miscellany: 1	MISCELLANY: 1 Title: MISCELLANY 1 Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1986 Pages: 16pp. (including covers) Price: £1.00 Contents: 'The Flight of the Penguin' by Joan Coles and Peggy Rafferty. 'Early Handbooks' by W.A. Swale. 'The Wartime Blemish: advertising in Penguins' by Andrew Hajducki and Russell Edwards.
Miscellany: 2	MISCELLANY: 2 Title: FOR THE FORCES Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1987 Pages: 22pp. (plus covers) Price: £1.50 Contents: 'Penguins for Victory' by A.C. Dobbin. 'The Stuff to Give the Troops' by Russell Edwards. 'The Forces Book Club' by David Hall, Eric Gadd and Russell Edwards. 'Prisoner of War Book Service' by David Hall and Russell Edwards. 'French Penguins'. 'Egyptian Penguins' by W.A. Swale. 'American Specials' by Russell Edwards. 'Fighting Forces: Penguin Specials'. 'Services Editions' by David Hall and Eric Gadd.
Miscellany: 3	MISCELLANY: 3 Title: MOCK... MISSING... MISCELLANEOUS Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1988 Pages: 36pp. (plus covers) Price: £2.00 Contents: Editorial by Russell Edwards. 'Mock Penguins: a symposium' by Andrew Hajducki and others. 'The mysterious affair at Harmondsworth: missing titles and numbers'. 'Q: a checklist' by Chris Comber. 'Society Penguin: our logo and its creator' (Berthold Wolpe).
PCS:1988	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1988 Title: DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS 1988 Compiled: Sally Wood Date Published by PCS: October 1988 Pages: 56pp. + covers
Miscellany: 4	MISCELLANY: 4 Title: (YANKEE DOODLE PENGUIN) AMERICAN PENGUINS: Christmas Books Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1989 Pages: 56pp. + covers Printer: Salvia Books Price: £2.50 Contents: Editorial by Russell Edwards. 'Penguins in America: The New York Years' by Russell Edwards. 'Penguin Books (New York): a checklist'. 'Some thoughts from across the Atlantic' by Thomas L. Bonn. 'Now read this'. 'Christmas Books' by David J. Hall. 'The Allen Lane Christmas Books and Cards' by Hans Schmoller and David Teale.
Miscellany: 5	MISCELLANY: 5 Title: PENGUIN ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1990 Pages: 42pp. + covers Printer: Salvia Books Price: £3.00 Contents: Editorial by Russell Edwards. 'Penguin Illustrated Classics'. 'The Illustrators of the First Ten' (J.R. Biggs, Helen Binyon, Douglas Percy Bliss, Robert Gibbings, Gertrude Hermes, Iain Macnab, Theodore Naish, Gwen Raverat, Ethelbert White). 'False Dawn'. 'The Illustrators of the Second Ten' (Anthony Betts, John Farleigh, Eric King, Lynton Lamb, Clare Leighton, Agnes Miller Parker, Blair Hughes-Stanton). 'Last Rites'.
Miscellany: 6	MISCELLANY: 6 Title: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUFFIN Author: Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1991 Pages: 44pp. + covers Price: £3.50 Printer: Salvia Books Second image shows complete cover (front and back) Contents: Editorial by Russell Edwards. 'The Birth of Puffin Picture Books' by Noel Carrington. 'Puffin Picture Books: A Golden Memory' by David Self. 'Harlequin Books' by Noel Carrington. 'The Puffin Years' by Eleanor Graham. 'Puffins in School' by Barbara Edwards. 'Baby Puffins: a checklist'. 'Ptarmigan Books' by G.H.M. Holman. 'Ptarmigan Books: a checklist'. 'Books to cut up'. 'The Emett Festival Railway'. 'Benjamin Pollock and the Penguin Connection' by Richard Williams. 'Porpoise Books: an illustrated checklist'. 'Cage me a Peacock'. 'Checklist of Peacock series'.
Miscellany: 7	MISCELLANY: 7 Title: A COLLECTOR'S COMPANION, PART I: A-L Compiled: by Russell Edwards Cover design: 'OPEN for Penguin Books' Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: Salvia Books, 1992 Pages: 40pp. (plus covers) Price: £4.00 Images of title page and back cover also shown
Miscellany: 8	MISCELLANY: 8 Title: A COLLECTOR'S COMPANION, PART II: M-Z Compiled: by Russell Edwards Cover design: 'OPEN for Penguin Books' Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: Salvia Books, 1993 Pages: 50pp. (plus covers) Images of title page and back cover also shown
Miscellany: 9	MISCELLANY: 9 Title: THE PENGUIN CLASSICS Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: June1994 Pages: 52pp. + covers Printer: Octoprint Contents: Introduction by Russell Edwards. 'Founding Father: E.V. Rieu' by Bryan Platt. 'Nursing Mother: Betty Radice' by Bryan Platt. 'Classic Design' by Bryan Platt. 'Classics Checklist' by Bryan Platt. 'The Faith of a Translator' by E.V. Rieu. 'On Some Dead Penguins' by Andrew Dalby. 'Circular Letters' by Steve Hare. 'The Art of Translation' by Andrew Dalby. 'The Penguin Classics' by Blurb. 'Envoi: Folly Speaks' by Betty Radice.
Miscellany: 10	MISCELLANY: 10 Title: TWENTY ONE YEARS Introduction: by Steve Hare Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1995 Pages: 60pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £3.00 Contents: Introduction by Steve Hare. 'Penguin Production, 1939-1942' by Bob Maynard. 'Resigned to Success' by Ian Ballantine and Philip Patrick. 'The South American Experience' by Tanya Schmoller. 'The Lucky Country' by Bob Maynard. 'The Magic of Coal' by Jane Carrington. 'Penguins in the Early Fifties' by David Herbert. 'Getting Things Right' by Margaret Clark. 'Games on Games Covers' by Abram Games. 'Lady Chatterley: The Correct Version' by John Curtis. 'Signor Buonarroti and Other Problems' by David Duguid. 'RGWL' by Elizabeth Paton.
PCS:1996 and PP116	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1996 (and PP116) Title: LIFE HISTORIES Author and Illustrator: Paxton Chadwick (completed by Shiela Fisher) Designed: by John Miles Date Published by PCS: March 1996 [printed date: 1995] (1,000 copies) Pages: 32pp. Printer: Battley Brothers Ltd Price: unpriced; originally sold at £8 The publication of 'Life Histories' by Penguin Collectors Society was accompanied by a 12 page monograph The Life History of LIFE HISTORIES, by Steve Hare. In this he details the history of the book. An image of the front page is also shown.
Miscellany: 11	MISCELLANY: 11 Title: PENGUINS MARCH ON: Books for the Forces during World War II Edited: by Joe Pearson Illustration: numerous black-and-white illustrations Series Editors: Russell Edwards and Steve Hare Date Published by PCS: December 1996 Pages: 96pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £6.00 Contents: 'In the Wars' by Russell Edwards. 'Introduction' by Joe Pearson. 'Books for the Forces'. 'The Forces Book Club'. 'The Prisoners of War Book Service'. 'EVT Penguins and the "Release" Scheme'. 'The Services Central Book Depot, Penguin and the Services Editions'. 'The Egyptian Penguins'. 'The Topolski Prints'. 'Penguins for the US Forces'. Appendix: Main Series, FBC, PoW Book Service - Some Comparisons.
PCS: 1997	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1997 Title: A PENGUIN COLLECTOR'S COMPANION Compiled: by Russell Edwards Illustration: black-and-white illustrations in text Date Published by PCS: Revised Edition May 1997 Pages: 116pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £4.00 Miscellany 7 and Miscellany 8 updated and revised into a single volume. Images of Title Page and Back Cover also shown
Miscellany: 12	MISCELLANY: 12 Title: PELICAN BOOKS: A Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration Edited: Russell Edwards and Steve Hare Illustration: black-and-white photographs and colour images of books Date Published by PCS: July 1997 Pages: 88pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £6.00 Contents: Introduction by Russell Edwards. 'Penguins and Pelicans' by Allen Lane. 'Founder's Fate' by Russell Edwards. 'H.L. Beales' by W.E. Williams. 'W.E. Williams' by H.L. Beales. 'Learning about Penguins and Pelicans' by Asa Briggs. 'Bill Williams and The Penguin Guide to English Literature' by Boris Ford. 'A Penguin Parade' by Richard Hoggart. 'The Penguin Histories' by J.E. Morpurgo. 'Designs on Pelican' by Gerald Cinamon. 'The Greeks' by Steve Hare. 'Broad Church' by Russell Edwards. 'Auguries of Innocence' by Steve Hare.
PCS:1998	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1998 Title: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES: A Short History and Bibliography Author: Bridget Cherry Appreciation: with an Appreciation of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner by John Newman Cover illustration: front jacket cover shows St. Mary, Beverley (photo: Eddie Ryle-Hodges) Date Published by PCS: March 1998, for the Pevsner Memorial Trust (Limited edition of 1,000 copies) Pages: 68pp. Printer: Friary Press Ltd Price: £3.00 Second image of dust-jacket
Miscellany: 13	MISCELLANY: 13 Title: LOST CAUSES Edited: by Steve Hare Series Editor: Russell Edwards Date Published by PCS: 1998 (600 copies) Pages: 68pp. (plus covers) Price: £8.00 Contents: Introduction. 'Porpoise'. 'A Natural History'. 'Allen Lane; A Wrong Decision?' 'The Pasque Flower'. 'Fish'. 'Local Building Styles'. 'Atlas'.
PCS:1999	Penguin Collectors' Society: 1999 Title: FATHER AND SON Edited: by Steve Hare Cover design: by David Gentleman Designed: by Fred Price and Associates Date Published by PCS: 1999 Pages: 68pp. + covers Printer: Octoprint Price: £4.00 Produced to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Penguin Collectors' Society Contents include: Introduction by Steve Hare. 'Adrian Bell 1901-1980' by Martin Bell. 'J.M. Cohen Remembered' by M.J. Cohen. 'Richard Hoggart' by Simon Hoggart. 'Eric Linklater' by Andro Linklater. 'Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson' by Nigel Nicolson. 'Mother's Son' by William Radice. 'Penguins and the Wales' by Alexander Waugh.
PCS:2000-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2000 Title: W. E. WILLIAMS: EDUCATOR EXTRAORDINARY: A MEMOIR BY LADY GERTRUDE WILLIAMS WITH SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE INTRODUCED BY STEVE HARE Author: Gertrude Williams Introduction (to Part One): by Clare Morpurgo Cover design: Dust-Wrapper reproduced from the dust-wrapper of 'Allen Lane: A Personal Portrait' by W. E. Williams, The Bodley Head, 1974 Date Published by PCS: September 2000 (limited edition of 500 copies) Pages: 148pp. Printer: (not given) Price: £5.00 Image of back cover also shown with portrait of 'Bill' Williams
PCS:2000-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2000 Title: MARY STARTS TO COOK Author: Mary Potter Illustrated: by Alexander Potter Date Published by PCS: March 2001 [printed date: December 2000] Facsimilie edition of 100 numbered copies Pages: 32pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £16 This book was originally created in the early 1940's, inspired by the Puffin Picture Book series. The couple also produced two Puffin Picture Books, PP37 and PP42 Images of front and back covers shown. A link to the page is given: Puffin Picture Books
PCS:2001-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2001 Title: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND: A CELEBRATION - Compiled to mark Fifty Years of the Pevsner Architectural Guides Edited: by Simon Bradley and Bridget Cherry Illustration: 8 pages of illustrations, some in colour Designed: by Fred Price and Associates Date Published by PCS: June 2001 (limited edition of 1,500 copies) and published by PCS for the Buildings Book Trust Pages: 128pp. Printer: The Friary Press Price: £5.00 Contents include: Foreword by Simon Jenkins. Introduction by Bridget Cherry. 'With Pevsner to Warwickshire' by Michael Taylor. 'Pevsner's Last Building' by Geoffrey Moorhouse. 'Dedications and Dedicatees' by Dieter Pevsner. 'The Englishness of Dr Pevsner' by Colin MacInnes. 'A Commemorative Address' by Angus Wilson. 'Si Monumentum Pevsnerianum' by Simon Jenkins. 'From Voltaire's Coconuts' by Ian Buruma. 'Learning from Pevsner' by Damie Stillman. 'Pevsner in Fiction, Theatre and Cinema' by Simon Bradley. 'Pevsner Commemorated' by John Newman and Bridget Cherry. 'A Christmas Card' by Donald Buttress. 'Neasden F.C.: A Mystery Solved' by Simon Bradley. 'Heroes and Villains: A Selection. Appendix: Sources for Pevsner by Charles O'Brien.
PCS:2001-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2001 Title: THE PENGUIN MODERN PAINTERS: A HISTORY Author: Carol Peaker Illustration: 12 pages of colour plates Date Published by PCS: 2001 (750 copies) Pages: 124pp. Printer: Price: £15.00
PCS:2002	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2002 Title: TRIBUTES TO ALLEN LANE AT A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR HIS LIFE AND WORK, 1902 - 1970 Date Published by PCS: 2002 (500 copies) Printer: Octoprint Price: £4.00 A Facsimilie of the 1970 original which was privately printed (750 copies). Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter, at the Rampant Lions Press. Volume includes the text of tributes given at a service of thanksgiving for Allen Lane at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 18 August 1970 by Harry Paroissien, Richard Hoggart and Sir Robert Lusty.
PCS:2003-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2003 Title: PENGUIN IN PRINT: A BIBLIOGRAPHY Edited: by Tim Graham Date Published by PCS: 2000 Pages: 112pp. Printer: Price: £15.00
PCS:2003-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2003 Title: PENGUINFO: A List of PCS Publications and An Index to The Collector (nos.48-60), Articles, Places, People, Series, June 1997-June 2003. [with The Penguin Collector 60] Date Published by PCS: 2003 Pages: 24pp. + covers Printer: Octoprint
PCS:2004	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2004 Title: THE TYPOGRAPHY OF PENGUIN BOOKS Author: Erik Ellegaard Frederiksen Translated: by K. B. Almlund Date Published by PCS: December 2004 (600 copies) Pages: 40pp. + covers Printer: Octoprint Price: £
PCS:2006-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2006 Title: IN SEARCH OF A HERO: LOOKING FOR ALLEN LANE Author: Alistair McCleery Date Published by PCS: December 2006 (600 copies) Pages: 48pp. + covers Printer: Octoprint Price: £6.00
PCS:2006-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2006 Title: THE PENGUIN COMPANION (Revised Edition 2006) Compiled: by Martin Yates Illustration: over 300 illustrations in colour and black-and-white Date Published by PCS: June 2006 (800 copies) Pages: 248pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £15.00 Revision of the 1997 edition, which itself was a revision, updating and merging of Miscellany 7 and 8.
PCS:2007	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2007 Title: PENGUIN BY DESIGNERS, WHO AND WHY: A record of the Study Day at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on Saturday 18 June 2005 Author: Phil Baines Foreword: by Steve Hare Edited: by Phil Baines and Steve Hare Designed: by David Pearson Date Published by PCS: March 2007 (1,250 copies of which 100 have been numbered and signed by the authors) Pages: 184pp. Printer: Scotprint Price: £20.00 With sections relating to the work of John Miles, Germano Facetti, Romek Marber, Jerry Cinamon, Derek Birdsall, David Pelham and Jim Stoddart
PCS: 2008-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2008 Title: PENGUIN CLASSICS Edited: by Russell Edwards, Steve Hare and Jim Robinson Illustration: numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations Date Published by PCS: June 2008 Revision: revised, and expanded edition of Miscellany no. 9, 1994 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £10.00 Contents: Introduction by William Radice. 'Founding Father' by Bryan Platt. 'Nursing Mother' by Bryan Platt. 'A History of Penguin Classics' by Steve Hare. 'What is Penguin Classic?' by Martin Yates. 'Reading the Classics' by Steve Hare. 'A Little Too English' by Steve Hare. 'Roundel Trouble' by Tanya Schmoller. 'The Odyssey Covered'. 'Goethe's Faust: A Cover Story' by Steve Hare. 'The Faith of a Translator' by E.V. Rieu. A Penguin Classics Checklist. 'Afterword' by Russell Edward. Images of cover, and front and back of dust jacket shown
PCS:2008-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2008 Title: PENGUIN DAYS: TANYA SCHMOLLER'S MEMOIR OF HER LIFE AT PENGUIN BOOKS Author: Tanya Schmoller Date Published by PCS: 2008 (550 copies) Pages: 56pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £ Published to commemorate the 90th Birthday of Tanya Schmoller, President Emeritus of the Penguin Collectors' Society.
PCS:2009	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2009 Title: PENGUIN BY ILLUSTRATORS (V and A Museum, London, 24 March 2007) Edited: by Steve Hare Illustration: over 600 illustrations Designed: by Ipek Altunmaral Cover design: by David Pearson Date Published by PCS: 2009 Pages: 200pp. + covers Printer: Price: £20.00 Includes articles on Phil Baines, Dennis Bailey, David Gentleman, Romek Marber, Quentin Blake, Jan Pienkowski, Tony Lyons, John Gray, Erwin Fabian, Milton Glaser, Brian Wildsmith, Len Deighton, Bryan Kneale, John Sorrell, Alan Aldridge, Pat Hutchins, Michael Foreman, Tony Meeuwissen, Peter Brookes, Jannat Messenger, Alasdair Gray, David Remfry, Andy Bridge, Petra Börner Jonny Hannah, Mat Maitland, Sara Fanelli, Alice Tait, Matthew Richardson, Aaron Robinson, Phil Hale, Victoria Sawdon, Coralie Bickford-Smith, David Pearson.
PCS:2010-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2010 Title: A CHECKLIST OF THE PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS AND RELATED SERIES Compiled: by PCS members including Chris Barling, Tim Graham, Steve Hare, Karin Mango, Joe Pearson and Ward Saylor Illustration: 212 colour illustrations Date Published by PCS: 2010 (800 copies) Pages: 80pp. Printer: Amadeus Press Price: £10.00
PCS:2010-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2010 Title: DRAWN DIRECT TO THE PLATE: NOEL CARRINGTON AND THE PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS Author: Joe Pearson Illustration: 380 illustrations, most in colour Date Published by PCS: 2010 (1,100 copies, of which 100 casebound, numbered and signed) Pages: 216pp. Printer: Amadeus Press Price: £20.00
PCS:2012-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2012 Series: Penguin Papers No. 1 Title: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN PENGUIN BOOKS Author: Martin Yates Illustration: illustrations in colour Date Published by PCS: 2012 (600 copies) Pages: 56pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £6.00
PCS:2012-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2012 Title: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES: A SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE OF THE PEVSNER ARCHITECTURAL GUIDES Compiled and Edited: by James Mackay Introduction: with an introduction to the work of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner by Susie Harries Afterword: by Ernest Ullmann Designed: by Tim Graham Illustration: numerous illustrations in colour Date Published by PCS: December 2012 (1,000 copies) Pages: 96pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £8.00
PCS:2013-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2013 Title: ABRAM GAMES AND PENGUIN BOOKS Author: Naomi Games Illustration: 33 full-page images showing all titles in the series and 37 illustrations in the text Cover illustration: shows cover illustration by Abram Games of Aubrey Menen's The Prevalence of Witches (No. 1215) published in August 1957 Date Published by PCS: 2013 (1,000 copies) Pages: 80pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £9.00
PCS:2013-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2013 Title: PENGUINS ON THE MARCH Author: Herbert Spencer Introduction: by Richard Hollis Illustration: 28 colour and black-and-white images of Penguin covers; four page foldout with 36 black-and-white images of covers Date Published by PCS: 2013 (700 copies) Pages: 24pp. + foldout Printer: Octoprint Price: £8.00 A facsimilie reprint of Herbert Spencer's 1962 survey of Penguin covers design. First issued in Typographica 5 , with the correction printed in Typographica 6 pointing out that it was Romek Marber who designed the cover grid for Penguin Crime books, including his drawings and notes.
PCS:2014-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2014 Title: PUFFINS PROGRESS 15 October 2010, University of Bristol Authors: Joe Pearson, Steve Hare, Valerie Grove, Felicity Trotman, Tony Lacy, Liz Attenborough and Francesca Dow; with discussion: Phil Baines, Liz Attenborough, Joe Berger, Anna Billson, Francesca Dow, Elv Moody and Jan Pieńkowski Foreword: and edited by Steve Hare Introduction: by Phil Baines Illustration: contains numerous illustrations and book covers Design: by Olesia Lipskaia Date Published by PCS: June 2014 (700 copies) Pages: 124pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £15.00
PCS:2014-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2014 Title: THE KING PENGUIN SERIES: A Survey of the Series Author: Michael Lake Illustration: contains 182 illustrations Date Published by PCS: December 2014 (700 copies) Pages: 160pp. (Hardback) Printer: Short Run Press Price: £12.00 Set in Bembo, one of the typefaces most commonly used in the King Penguin series. Published with 7 Appendices, Index, Bibliography and a 'Gallery of King Penguin covers'.
PCS:2015-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2015 Series: Penguin Paper No. 2 Title: MAIGRET AND THE PENGUIN BOOKS Edited: by James Mackay Illustration: contains 148 illustrations Date Published by PCS: 2015 (December) (750 copies) Pages: 112pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £8.00 Contents: Introduction 'Georges Simenon returns' by Julian Barnes 'Penguin and Maigret: a little publishing history' by James Mackay 'The Maigret books in Penguin: an illustrated historical bibliography' Sources, Further Reading and Acknowledgements
PCS:2015-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2015 Title: PENGUIN SCRIBE: a collection of articles on Penguin Books by Steve Hare Author: Steve Hare Compiled: by Tim Graham Illustration: contains 75 illustrations Date Published by PCS: 2015 (December) (500 copies) Pages: 128pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £8.00 Contents: The Penguin Collectors' Society (1995: from The Private Library) The Penguin Story (1995: from Book and Magazine Collector) A Penguin First (1995: from Antiquarian Book Monthly) 'Type-only Penguins Sell a Million' Shock (2004: from Eye) The Mystery of the Drowning Porpoises (2004: from Fine Books and Collections) [Pocket Penguins] (2005: an untitled article from Creative Review) Compliments of the Season (2005: from Fine Books and Collections) Smear (2006: from Eye) Reading the Classics (2006: from Creative Review) Posted Abroad (2013: from The Journal of Publishing Culture) Bibliography [Chronological lists of all Steve Hare's writings on Penguin Books; published by PCS and elsewhere.] Published in memory of Steve Hare (1950 - 2015)
PCS:2015-3	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2015 Title: PENGUIN IN AFRICA Author: Alistair McCleery Illustration: contains 63 illustrations Date Published by PCS: 2015 (200 copies) Pages: 56pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £8.00
PCS:2016-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2016 Title: THE PAPERBACK REVOLUTION: an essay Author: Hans Schmoller Edited: by James Mackay Designed: by Tim Graham Illustration: contains 20 illustrations Date Published by PCS: 2016 (600 copies) Pages: 48pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £8.00 This work, 'The paperback revolution', written by Hans Schmoller first appeared as one of eleven contributions (on pages 283-318) in Essays in the History of Publishing in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the House of Longman 1724-1974. Edited by Asa Briggs, it was published by Longman Group Limited in 1974, 476pp., price £5.00. "It is reissued by the Penguin Collectors Society to mark the centenary of the birth of Hans Schmoller on 9 April 1916. Its republication also marks the death of Tanya Schmoller on 14 January 2016."
PCS:2016-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2016 Title: HANS SCHMOLLER, Typographer: his life and work Guest Editor and designer: Jerry Cinamon Illustration: contains 121 illustrations Design adapted for PCS: by Tim Graham Date Published by PCS: 2016 (600 copies) Pages: 64pp. Printer: Octoprint Price: £10.00 This publication is a reproduction of Hans Schmoller, Typographer: his life and work which was first published in April 1987 as a special issue of 'The Monotype Recorder' (New Seies, Number 6). The book, which "pays tribute to Hans Schmoller, an old friend and a fine typographer" contains an appreciation by Jerry Cinamon with contributions from many others and much visual material. "It is reissued by the Penguin Collectors Society to mark the centenary of the birth of Hans Schmoller on 9 April 1916. Its republication also marks the death of Tanya Schmoller on 14 January 2016."
PCS:2017-1	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2017 Title: PELICANS AT EIGHTY: A VISUAL HISTORY Author: Paul D Lickiss Foreword: by Russell Edwards Illustration: contains 154 illustrations of covers Cover: design by Robert Good Date Published by PCS: 28 May 2017 (600 copies) Pages: 80pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £8.00
PCS:2017-2	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2017 Title: SUPPLEMENT TO THE CHECKLIST OF THE PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS AND RELATED SERIES Compiled: by Joe Pearson and Tim Graham Illustration: about 70 colour illustrations Date Published by PCS: 2017 (700 copies) Pages: 24pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £10.00
PCS:2018	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2018 Title: THIS ONCE WAS US: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PENGUIN EDUCATION Authors: The West Drayton Collective Edited: by Jonathan Croall Designed: by Arthur Lockwood and Peter Tucker Illustration: over 150 illustrations (images of book covers, photographs, sketches, cartoons and portraits) in text Date Published by PCS: 2018, Second Impression (525 copies) Pages: 96pp. Printer: Hobbs the Printers Ltd Price: £10.00
PCS:2019	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2019 Title: WHITE HORSES Illustrated: watercolours by Eric Ravilious, black and white illustrations and end-papers by Alice Pattullo Text: by Joe Pearson Cover: 'Train Landscape', pencil and watercolour drawing by Eric Ravilious (1939), Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums Design: by Laurence Beck Date Published: June 2019 Published: by Design For Today in co-operation with The Penguin Collectors Society Pages: 30pp. + paper covers and dust jacket Printer: Calverts Coop Price: £15.00
PCS:2020	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2020 Title: COMPANION TO THE STUDY OF PENGUIN BOOKS Authors: Tim Graham and James Mackay Edition: Fourth Edition (2020) Contents: nearly 800 entries and around 300 illustrations Date Published by PCS: September 2020 (650 copies) Pages: 272pp. (cloth cover) Printer: Gomer Press Price: £20.00
PCS:2021	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2021 Title: ADVERTISEMENTS IN WARTIME PENGUIN BOOKS Author: Tim Graham Cover: design by Robert Good Contents: over 125 illustrations of advertisements Date Published by PCS: December 2021 (600 copies) Pages: 144pp. (perfect bound) Printer: Gomer Press Price: £9.00
PCS:2023	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2023 Title: A. S. B. GLOVER: THE UNACKNOWLEDGED GENIUS OF PENGUIN Author: Tim Graham Illustration: 4 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: shows portrait of A. S. B. Glover sitting at his Harmondsworth desk with a backdrop of Penguins and his customary cigarette (photograph courtesy of University of Bristol Special Collections) Date Published by PCS:December 2023 (600 copies) Pages: 248pp. + 4pp. Printer: Short Run Press Price: £12.00
PCS:2024	Penguin Collectors' Society: 2024 in three volumes Title: THE STORY OF NOAH'S ARK - The Puffin Cut-Out Books and Toy Theatre Author: John Miles and Sophie Jones Introduction: by Joe Pearson Illustrations: by John Miles (from 1958) and of other book covers Cover: original design by John Miles (1958) with changes Date Published by PCS:February 2024 in association with Design for Today (650 copies) Pages: 32pp. Price: Title: NOAH'S ARK - A facsimile of PP114 'THE PUFFIN NOAH'S ARK Author: John Miles Illustrations: by John Miles (from 1958) Cover: original design by John Miles (1958) with slight modifications Date Published:original in October 1958; this edition by Design For Today in 2023; distributed by PCS February 2024 (600 copies) Pages: 32pp. (total); Card covers and 6 cards containing cut-out (press-out) pieces, and 16pp. booklet containing 'Noah's Alphabet of the Ark' and 'Instructions for Assembling Noah's Ark' Printer: Swallowtail Print Title: JOHN MILES Authors: An Appreciation by Joe Pearson and James Alexander Cover and illustrations: photographs courtesy Sophie Miles and Caroline Banks Date Published:2024 by Design For Today; distributed by PCS February 2024 (600 copies) Pages: 8pp.

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