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Penguin attempted to make the transition between children's and adult reading with this series, intending to pitch it somewhere between the two. The series was launched in October 1962 with PK1 National Velvet by Enid Bagnold, which had appeared in January 1940 as No. 232. As with PK1, a number of the books had been previously issued as part of th main series. Also a number of the Peacocks subsequently became Puffin Story Books.

This early teenage market was a difficult one to sustain, and of course fashions and trends changed. The series did not do well, but from 1977 made a slight come-back under the editorship of Tony Lacey. The series ended in 1979 after complaints that some of the titles included were not appropriate for the target groupp. About 150 titles were produced in the Peacock Series



Information and cover photographs of Peacock Books Series:

Number: PK1	Series No.: PK1 Title: NATIONAL VELVET Author: Enid Bagnold Cover design: by Laurian Jones Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1962 Previously published as No. 232 in January 1940
Number: PK2	Series No.: PK2 Title: THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND Author: Elizabeth George Speare Cover design: by Robin Jacques Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1963 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d. Subsequently published as PS327 in June 1967
Number: PK3	Series No.: PK3 Title: A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST Author: Gene Stratton Porter Cover design: and frontispiece by Lola Fielding Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1962 Pages: 204pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK4	Series No.: PK4 Title: THE NEW NOAH Author: Gerald Durrell Illustrations: drawings by Ralph Thompson Cover illustration: photograph by Wolfgang Suschitzky Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1962 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK5	Series No.: PK5 Title: WITH MY LITTLE EYE Author: Roy Fuller Cover design: and frontispiece by Roger Payne Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1963 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK6	Series No.: PK6 Title: UNDER THE RED ROBE Author: Stanley J. Weyman Cover design: by Exell Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1962 Pages: 200pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as No. 498 in February 1945
Number: PK7	Series No.: PK7 Title: FIFTEEN Author: Beverly Cleary Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1962 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK8	Series No.: PK8 Title: I CAPTURE THE CASTLE Author: Dodie Smith Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1963 Pages: 328pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK9	Series No.: PK9 Title: THE COUNTRY CHILD Author: Alison Uttley Illustrations: by C. N. Tunnicliffe Cover design: by Juliet Renny Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1963 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 4/- Subsequently published as PS302 in December 1966
Number: PK10	Series No.: PK10 Title: DEVIL'S CLUB Author: Georgette Heyer Cover design: and frontispiece by Victor C. Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1963 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/- Previously published as No. 910 in March 1953
Number: PK11	Series No.: PK11 Title: ELEPHANT BILL Author: J. H. Williams Foreword: by Field Marshal Sir William Slim Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1963 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as No. 1120 in February 1956
Number: PK12	Series No.: PK12 Title: BANNER IN THE SKY Author: James Ramsay Ullman Cover design: and frontispiece by W. Francis Phillips Date Published: April 1963 Series editor: Kaye Webb Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d. Subsequently published as PS327 in August 1968
Number: PK13	Series No.: PK13 Title: THE FLIGHT OF THE HERON Author: D. K. Broster Illustrations and cover design: by Shirley Hughes Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1963 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK14	Series No.: PK14 Title: STILL SHE WISHED FOR COMPANY Author: Margaret Irwin Cover design: and frontispiece by Janet Duchesne Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1963 Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d. Previously published as No. 72 in January 1937
Number: PK15	Series No.: PK15 Title: THE THREE HOSTAGES Author: John Buchan Cover design: and frontispiece by Antony Maitland Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1963 Pages: 288pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as No. 908 in April 1953
Number: PK16	Series No.: PK16 Title: HORNBLOWER GOES TO SEA Author: C. S. Forester Selected: by G. P. Griggs Illustrations and cover design: by Geoffrey Whittam Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1963 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK17	Series No.: PK17 Title: THE PEACOCK CAMPING BOOK Authors: Rex Hazlewood and John Thurman Cover illustration: photographs taken at Forest School Camp by Wolfgang Suschitzky Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: March 1964 Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as PH28 'Camping'in April 1960
Number: PK18	Series No.: PK18 Title: THE VIPER OF MILAN A Romance of Lombardy Author: Marjorie Bowen Introduction: note by Graham Greene Cover design: and title page illustration by Hilary Abrahams Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1963 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK19	Series No.: PK19 Title: GREAT ESCAPE STORIES Collected: by Eric Williams Cover design: and frontispiece by Victor C. Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1963 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK20	Series No.: PK20 Title: MISTRESS MASHAM'S REPOSE Author: T. H. White Cover design: by Marion Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1963 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK21	Series No.: PK21 Title: THE PEACOCK COOKERY BOOK Author: Betty Falk Illustrated: by Carol E. Jeffries Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1964 Pages: 232pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK22	Series No.: PK22 Title: THE YEARLING Author: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Cover design: photo supplied by Jane Burton Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1963 Pages: 304pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK23	Series No.: PK23 Title: THE SUICIDE CLUB AND OTHER STORIES Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Cover design: by Peter Edwards Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1963 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK24	Series No.: PK24 Title: WALKABOUT Author: James Vance Marshall Cover design: by Richard Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1963 Pages: 128pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/-
Number: PK25	Series No.: PK25 Title: FIRE OVER ENGLAND Author: A. E. W. Mason Cover design: by Victor C. Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1963 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK26	Series No.: PK26 Title: THE RUNAWAY Author: Ruth Morris Cover design: by Richard Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1964 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK27	Series No.: PK27 Title: ROGUE MALE Author: Geoffrey Household Cover design: by Richard Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1964 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as No. 695 in February 1949
Number: PK28	Series No.: PK28 Title: THE RIDER OF THE WHITE HORSE Author: Rosemary Sutcliff Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1964 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK29	Series No.: PK29 Title: MAIDENS' TRIP Author: Emma Smith Cover design: by Elisabeth Grant Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: March 1964 Pages: 176pp. Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK30	Series No.: PK30 Title: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Author: L. M. Montgomery Cover design: by Lola Fielding Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1964 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK31	Series No.: PK31 Title: MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON Author: Jim Corbett Cover design: photo by Wolfgang Suschitzky Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1964 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 4/- Previously published as No. 1036 in January 1955
Number: PK32	Series No.: PK32 Title: HOUSE OF THE WOLF Author: Stanley Weyman Cover design: by Exell Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1964 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK33	Series No.: PK33 Title: LAST YEAR'S BROKEN TOYS Author: Barbara Ker Wilson Cover design: by Lynton Lamb Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1964 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK34	Series No.: PK34 Title: FINN THE WOLFHOUND Author: A. J. Dawson Illustrated: by Richard Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1964 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 5/-
Number: PK35	Series No.: PK35 Title: THE BIRD OF DAWNING Author: John Masefield Cover design: by Peter Barrett Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: June 1964 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK36	Series No.: PK36 Title: VERY GOOD, JEEVES! Author: P. G. Wodehouse Cover design: by Lesley Illingworth Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: April 1965 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as No. 1173 in January 1957
Number: PK37	Series No.: PK37 Title: GREENMANTLE Author: John Buchan Cover design: by Don Higgins Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1964 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d. Previously published as No. 1132 in May 1956
Number: PK38	Series No.: PK38 Title: SHANE AND OTHER STORIES Author: Jack Shaefer Cover design: by Richard Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: September 1964 Pages: 192pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK39	Series No.: PK39 Title: THE FOURTEENTH OF OCTOBER Author: Bryher Cover design: by Victor C. Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1964 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 4/-
Number: PK40	Series No.: PK40 Title: THE OWLS' HOUSE Author: Crosbie Garstin Foreword: Col. J. H. Williams Cover design: by Victor C. Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: August 1964 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: 5/- Previously published as No. 28 in January 1936
Number: PK41	Series No.: PK41 Title: THE GOVERNESS Author: Peggy Chambers Cover design: by Mary Fry Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: November 1964 Pages: 176pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK42	Series No.: PK42 Title: THE BRONZE BOW Author: Elizabeth George Speare Cover design: by Gilbert Riswold Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1964 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/6d. Subsequently published as PS459
Number: PK43	Series No.: PK43 Title: THE MASTER Author: T. H. White Cover drawing: by Peter Le Vasseur Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: August 1964 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d. Subsequently published as PS327 in April 1968
Number: PK44	Series No.: PK44 Title: GOODBYE MY SHADOW Author: Mary Stolx Cover design: by Patricia Hamilton Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: October 1964 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK45	Series No.: PK45 Title: THE WILD HEART Author: Helen Griffiths Illustrated: by Victor C. Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: March 1965 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK46	Series No.: PK46 Title: AS A MAY MORNING Author: Grace Allen Hogarth Cover design: by Janet Duchesne Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1965 Pages: 176pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK47	Series No.: PK47 Title: TO SPARE THE CONQUERED Author: Stephanie Plowman Cover design: by Richard Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1965 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: PK48	Series No.: PK48 Title: FIFTH CHINESE DAUGHTER Author: Jade Snow Wong Cover design: by Marion and Lucinda della Rocca Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: March 1965 Pages: 288pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK49	Series No.: PK49 Title: JOHNNY TREMAIN Author: Esther Forbes Cover design: by Philip Gough Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1965 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK50	Series No.: PK50 Title: TOWERS IN THE MIST Author: Elizabeth Goudge Cover design: by Fritz Wegner Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: August 1965 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: PK51	Series No.: PK51 Title: SWORD AT SUNSET Author: Rosemary Sutcliff Cover design: by Brian O'Hanlon Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1965 Pages: 528pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
Number: PK52	Series No.: PK52 Title: A WALTZ THROUGH THE HILLS Author: G. M. Glaskin Cover design: by Victor Ambrus Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1970 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: PK53	Series No.: PK53 Title: SAMMY GOING SOUTH Author: W. H. Canaway Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1965 Pages: 176pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d. Previously published as No. 1906 in March 1963
Number: PK54	Series No.: PK54 Title: GOOD WIVES Author: Louisa M. Alcott Cover design: by Shirley Hughes Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: July 1965 Pages: 320pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK55	Series No.: PK55 Title: TORRIE Author: A. and E. Johnson Illustrated: by Pearl Falconer Cover design: by Susan Einzig Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: January 1966 [printed date: 1965] Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK56	Series No.: PK56 Title: TO CLEAR THE RIVER Author: John Berrington Cover design: by Peter Forster Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: June 1966 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: PK57	Series No.: PK57 Title: THE HOUSE OF THE FOUR WINDS Author: John Buchan Cover design: by Roy Spencer Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1966 [printed date: 1965] Pages: 240pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d. Previously published as No. 1137 in May 1956
Number: PK58	Series No.: PK58 Title: WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE Author: Hal Borland Cover design: by Peter Farmer Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1966 [printed date: 1965] Pages: 240pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK59	Series No.: PK59 Title: THE KING OF THE BARBAREENS Author: Janet Hitchman Cover design: by Douglas Lee Travis Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: February 1966 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: PK60	Series No.: PK60 Title: THE GLEAM IN THE NORTH (A Sequel to the Flight of the Heron) Author: D. K. Broster Cover design: by Shirley Hughes Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: PK61	Series No.: PK61 (Science Fiction) Title: THE BEAST MASTER Author: Andre Norton Cover design: by Douglas Lee Travis Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK62	Series No.: PK62 (Science Fiction) Title: LORD OF THUNDER Author: Andre Norton Cover design: by Douglas Lee Travis Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK63	Series No.: PK63 (Science Fiction) Title: TALES OF SCIENCE FICTION Selected: by Brian N. Ball Cover design: by Peter Barrett from photographs by the U.S. Information Service Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: PK64	Series No.: PK64 Title: A VICARAGE FAMILY - A Biography of Myself Author: Noel Streatfield Illustrated: by Shirley Hughes Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: PK65	Series No.: PK65 Title: THE CONSTANT NYMPH Author: Margaret Kennedy Series editor: Kaye Webb Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 37½p 7/6d.

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