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Allen Lane had a mission to bring good quality reading and educational material to a wide readership. He founded Penguin Books in 1935 and two years later, in 1937, he launched Pelicans 'A' as well as the Shakespeare 'B' series. During the war he promoted Educational and Vocational Training for the forces and began Puffin Picture Books 'PP' (1940-65) to interest and educate children. He published New Biology 'NB' (1945-60) and Science News 'SN' (1946-60). In 1944 the Reference series 'R' began and in 1962 he published Peregrines 'Y'.

These series emerged from various ideas and identifying need and gaps in the market. However, an overall strategy had not been developed until 1967, when Penguin Education was established as a separate division specifically to produce books for schools and colleges. Allen Lane's aim being to carry the radical and populist spirit of Pelicans into the schoolbook market. Penguin Education had a major impact on schoolbooks, breaking new ground in their concept and design and strongly influencing other publishers' lists.

Penguin had already tried similar projects: Hummingbird Books for Caribbean Schools (1965), the Shropshire Mathematics Experiment (1966) and books from the Nuffield Science Teaching Project. Aiming at the colleges and university market, Peregrines began in 1962 and the University Book series in 1971.

Among the most successful and influential series were Voices and Junior Voices, Connexions, and the Penguin English Project. Alongside these and other series, the imprint continued another Penguin tradition by producing 'Education Specials', titles which focussed on often controversial topics within education and beyond. They included highly topical books such as The Hornsey Affair (X94) and Warwick University Ltd (X230), reflecting the student unrest of the late 1960s and contributing to the intense national debate about the purpose of higher education.

The general editor of Penguin Education was Charles Clark who led the delivery of a range of sub-series. Some had fine designs, such as History of Britain and Connexions. The early E-shaped logo was re-designed by Hans Schleger to the familiar 'parent and child penguin' colophon.

Penguin Education also published an extensive range of Readers and Introductory Texts for students in higher education, notably in subjects such as psychology, economics, management, sociology and science, while for teachers it provided a series of key texts such as Language, the Learner and the School and The Language of Primary School Children.

Following Allen Lane's death in 1970 and the takeover the same year by Pearson Longman, the division discontinued publishing school books and was closed in March 1974.

Method of Listing: Please note we have listed the books as X1, X2, X3 etc. as the series commences with the prefix 'X' on the spines of book and are identified as such. However, from 1969, SBN (Standard Book Numbers) and then later ISBN numbers (International Standard Book Numbers) were used by Penguin to identify books and replaced the prefix 'X' with '08' number. The 10 digit set of numbers consisted of 014 (Penguin as publishers), followed by 6 numbers of the publisher's list, which for Penguin was 08 (the Education series) followed by 4 numbers for the book number, plus an extra number at the end used to check accuracy of data. Subsequently ISBN's were extended to 13 numbers with an additional three, e.g. 978, being added at the front. We have listed the SBN and ISBN numbers where they have been used by Penguin to identify their book (but we have also retained the 'X' listing). Additionally, we identify the Sub-Series which nearly all the Penguin Education books fall into: such as X1 is a 'Penguin Education Special', and X2 is part of the 'Penguin Library of Technology'.

It was Paul Lickiss who mentioned to us that despite 'X' Penguin Education appearing under our List of Series, we did not have separate pages, detailing the books and sub-series in the group of books which were published, initially using the 'X' prefix, under the banner of Penguin Education. Our thanks go to Paul for his support with ideas, information and images and also to Andrew Malin who has joined in this venture and provided further material and images.

Information and cover photographs of Penguin Education Series:

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X 400	Series No.: X 400 Entry: No information available
X 401	Series No.: X 401 (formerly SM1) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS BOOK ONE Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: by Keith Whitehead Date Published: 1 February 1966 Pages: 278pp. Printer: Fletcher and Sons Ltd Size: 222mm x 180mm Image of second printing and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
X 402	Series No.: X 402 (formerly SM2) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0402 1 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS BOOK TWO Author: Raymond Sydney Heritage Cover design: by Keith Whitehead (illustration demonstrates the principles of translation, rotation and reflection) Date Published: 1965 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Fletcher and Sons Ltd Size: 222mm x 180mm Second image shown of a subsequent printing 'Test Edition' of Test Papers Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
X 403	Series No.: X 403 (formerly SM3) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0403 X Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS BOOK THREE Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: Date Published: Summer 1966/1 June 1968 Pages: Printer:
X 404	Series No.: X 404 (formerly SM4) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0404 8 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS BOOK FOUR Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: by Keith Whitehead (illustrates the repeated shearing of a parallelogram) Date Published: 1970 Pages: 234pp. Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd Price: 65p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
X 405	Series No.: X 405 (formerly SM5) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0405 6 Title: VECTORS, TRANSFORMATIONS AND MATRICES Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and John Donald Edge Cover design: by Geoff Hayes, incorporates a photo of a 16th century vaulting in a chapel of the Frauenkirche at Ingolstadt, Photo Marburg Date Published: 1 Jan 1972 Pages: 128pp. Printer: Compton Printing Ltd Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Lickiss
X 406	Series No.: X 406 Entry: No information available. SM6 was originally intended to be Computer Programming for Schools by Audrey Rich and scheduled to be issued in January 1970. No such book appeared.
X 407	Series No.: X 407 (formerly SM7) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0407 2 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS, BOOK 4M (FOUR METRIC) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: by Keith Whitehead (illustrates the associative law for vector addition) Date Published: 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Page Bros. Ltd Price: 65p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
X 408	Series No.: X 408 (formerly SM8) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0408 0 Title: LEARNING DECIMAL CURRENCY Author: Raymond Sydney Heritage Cover design: by Keith Whitehead (compares units and values of the old system of coinage with those of the new decimal system) Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 40pp. Printer: Price: 15p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
X 409	Series No.: X 409 Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0409 0 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS, BOOK 3M (THREE METRIC) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: Date Published: July 1968 Pages: Printer: Price:
X 410	Series No.: X 410 Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0410 2 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS, BOOK 1 (Metric Edition) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage Cover design: by Keith Whitehead, is composed of congruent triangles and illustrates angle and triangle properties Date Published: 1971 Pages: 288pp. Price: 70p ('non-net' discounted price for schools) Printer: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd
X 411	Series No.: X 411 Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0411 0 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS, BOOK 2 (metric Edition) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage Cover design: by Keith Whitehead demonstrates the principles of translation, rotation and reflection Date Published: 1971 Pages: 240pp. Printer: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd Price: 70p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
X 412	Series No.: X 412 Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0412 9 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS, BOOK 3 (Metric Edition) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage Cover design: by Keith Whitehead illustrates enlargement with both positive and negative multiplying factors and shows that a multiplying factor of -1 gives a half-turn rotation Date Published: 1971 Pages: 240pp. Printer: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd Price: 70p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
X 413	Series No.: X 413 Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0413 7 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS, BOOK 3M (Metric Edition) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: by Keith Whitehead illustrates the product of two translations Date Published: 1971 Pages: 256pp. Printer: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd Price: 70p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
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X 419	Series No.: X 419 (formerly SM19) Sub-Series: The Shropshire Mathematics Experiment ISBN-10: 01408.0419 6 Title: LEARNING MATHEMATICS ANSWER BOOK: BOOKS 1, 2, 3, 3M, 4 AND 4M (Metric Edition)) Authors: Raymond Sydney Heritage and William Islwyn Lewis Cover design: by Keith Whitehead shows the locus of the centre of the circumference of a simple closed curve of constant diameter as it rolls inside a circle Date Published: 1971 Pages: 156pp. Printer: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd Price: 75p ('non-net' discounted price for schools)
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X 432	Series No.: X 432 Sub-Series: Psychology and Psychiatry ISBN-10: 01408.0432 3 Title: A CHILD'S JOURNEY: FORCES THAT SHAPE THE LIVES OF OUR YOUNG Authors: Julius Segal and Herbert Yahraes Cover photograph: by Bill Carter Date Published: 1981 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: £4.95
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X 434	Series No.: X 434 Sub-Series: ISBN-10: 01408.0434 X Title: HUMAN SEXUAL RELATIONS: A READER IN HUMAN SEXUALITY Edited: by Mike Brake Cover design: not given Date Published: 1982 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £3.95
X 435	Series No.: X 435 Sub-Series: Penguin Modern Management Texts ISBN-10: 01408.0435 8 Title: MARKET DEVELOPMENT Author: Michael J. Baker Cover design: by Leslie D. Smith Date Published: 1983 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £4.95
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X 437	Series No.: X 437 Sub-Series: Sociology and Criminology ISBN-10: 01408.0437 4 Title: SOCIETY AGAINST CRIME: PENAL PRACTICE IN MODERN BRITAIN Edited: by Howard Jones Cover design: cover photo shows interior of a prison cell block at Dartmoor Date Published: 1981 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £3.95
X 438	Series No.: X 438 Sub-Series: Mathematics and Statistics ISBN-10: 01408.0438 2 Title: QUICK STATISTICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS Author: Peter Sprent Cover illustration: by George Hardie Date Published: 1981 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: £3.95
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X 441	Series No.: X 441 Sub-Series: Penguin Modern Management Texts (Business and Management) ISBN-10: 01408.0441 2 Title: AN INSIGHT INTO MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Author: John Sizer Cover design: by Pentagram Date Published: 1980 Pages: 528pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £2.95
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X 443	Series No.: X 443 Sub-Series: ISBN-10: 01408.0443 9 Title: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING Authors: Robert Borger and A. E. M. Seaborne Cover design: Date Published: 1970; 2nd edition 1982 Pages: 248pp. ; 288pp. Printer: Price: £2.95 (2nd) temporary image
X 444	Series No.: X 444 Sub-Series: Political Science / History ISBN-10: 01408.0444 7 Title: INTERNATIONAL PEACE KEEPING: UINTED NATIONS FORCES IN A TROUBLED WORLD Author: Anthony Verrier Cover photograph: by Homer Sykes Date Published: 1981 Pages: 172pp. including maps Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: £5.95
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X 450	Series No.: X 450 Sub-Series: Psychology and Psychiatry ISBN-10: 01408.04 Title: IMAGES OF DEVIANCE Edited: by Stanley Cohen Cover design: not given Date Published: 1982 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: £1.95
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X 453	Series No.: X 453 Sub-Series: Sociology and Anthropology ISBN-10: 01408.0453 6 Title: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN PERSPECTIVE: THE RELEVANCE OF SCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY Author: I. M. Lewis Cover design: *shows a painting of Nggwaindu* or ancestor spirits, from the façade of a ceremonial house of the Abelam, Middle Sepik, New Guinea (photograph by Professor Anthony Forge) Date Published: 1981 Pages: 392pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: £3.95**
X 454	Series No.: X 454 Sub-Series: Political Science and Sociology and Anthropology ISBN-10: 01408.0454 4 Title: HOUSING POLICY Authors: David Donnison and Clare Ungerson Cover photograph: by Richard Davies Date Published: 1982 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £3.95
X 455	Series No.: X 455 Sub-Series: Foundations of Law ISBN-10: 01408.04 Title: CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Author: Stanley A. de Smith Edited: by Harry Street and Rodney Brazier Cover design: Geoff Hayes Date Published: 4th Edition 1981 Pages: 712pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £6.95 Additional information courtesy of Paul Lickiss
X 456	Series No.: X 456 Sub-Series: Psychology and Psychiatry ISBN-10: 01408.0456 0 Title: INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGY Authors: Ann Taylor, Wladyslaw Sluckin, D. R. Davies, J. T. Reason, R. Thomson and A. M. Colman Cover illustration: by Helen Coucher Date Published: 1982 (Second edition) Pages: 768pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £5.95
X 457	Series No.: X 457 Sub-Series: Sociology and Anthropology / Religion and Mysticism ISBN-10: 01408.0457 9 Title: WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY Edited: by Max Marwick Cover design: by Omnific / Martin Causer Date Published: 1982 Pages: 496pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £4.95
X 458	Series No.: X 458 Sub-Series: ISBN-10: 01408.0458 7 Title: EDUCATION IN SOCIETY: THE PROMETHEAN FIRE: A NEW ESSAY IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Author: Ronald Fletcher Cover design: not given Date Published: 1984 Pages: 448pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: £5.95 Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Lickiss
X 459	Series No.: X 459 Sub-Series: Foundations of Law ISBN-10: 01408.0459 5 Title: COMMERCIAL LAW Author: R. M. Goode Cover photograph: by Alan Cash Date Published: 1982 Pages: 1120pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: £14.95
X 460	Series No.: X 460 Sub-Series: ISBN-10: 01408.0460 9 Title: DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA Author: B. L. C. Johnson Cover photograph: Alan Hutchison Library Date Published: 1983 Pages: 250pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: £3.95
X 461	Series No.: X 461 Sub-Series: Sociology and History / Psychology and Psychiatry ISBN-10: 01408.0461 7 Title: MUSEUM OF MADNESS: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF INSANITY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND Author: Andrew T. Scull Cover design: shows detail of 'The Madhouse' by William Hogarth, photograph by Godfrey New Date Published: 1982 Pages: 276pp. + 8pp. plates/plans Printer: Billing and Son Ltd Price: £5.95
X 462	Series No.: X 462 Sub-Series: Psychology and Psychiatry / Sociology and Anthropology ISBN-10: 01408.0462 5 Title: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES Authors: Michael Rutter and Henri Giller Cover design: photograph by Gillian Campbell Date Published: 1983 Pages: 432pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £5.95
X 463	Series No.: X 463 Sub-Series: Modern Psychology Texts ISBN-10: 01408.0463 8 Title: EXPERIMENT, DESIGN AND STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY Author: Colin Robson Cover design: Date Published: 31 May 1973 Pages: Printer: Price: 90p
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X 465	Series No.: X 465 Sub-Series: ISBN-10: 01408.0465 X Title: BOUNDARY AND SPACE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF D. W. WINNICOTT Authors: Madeleine Davis and David Wallbridge Cover photograph: by Paula Willey Date Published: 1983 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: £3.95
X 466	Series No.: X 466 Sub-Series: Health and Medicine / Psychology and Psychiatry ISBN-10: 01408.0466 8 Title: THE CHALLENGE OF PAIN Author: Ronald Melzack and Patrick D. Wall Cover illustration: by Hannah Firmin Date Published: 1982 Pages: 448pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: £4.95
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