Penguin First Editions :: Early First Edition Penguin Books

Images of a dust jacket book cover from the series and a picture of the hardback spines (without dust jackets) showing some of the colours.
Images courtesy of Andrew Malin

The above two images show part of an advert for Bound Penguins produced by Penguin in 1951.
Images courtesy of Tim Graham

The name 'Penguin' is synonymous with 'paperback'. Yet Penguin Books published a number of hardbacks. Some can be found in their own series, such as King Penguins 'K' and the Pelican History of Art 'Z'. Other series have predominantly soft covers but some hardbacks (such as in Miscellaneous 'Q' and Puffin Picture Books 'PP'). The Buildings of England 'BE' series began with soft covers, then introduced hard covers, and finally dropped soft covers altogether.

However, on three separate occasions Penguin began production of hardback copies of existing paperbacks. The first such foray were the 'Bound Penguins' introduced in 1951. These Bound Penguins were drawn from several series and used the same number as the original book. They appeared when a book was reprinted or, in some cases at the same time as a new title.

Penguin produced these more expensive books mainly in response to demands from libraries but also to satisfy a perceived demand for more durable editions of certain Penguins. As they stated in their advert: "In answer to many requests that have been made for these books in a more permanent binding and on more durable paper, Bound Penguins have now been designed."

They were printed on superior paper, fully clothbound in plain colours with gilt-decorative spines (size 4½ by 7½ ins.). The bindings were colour-coded: Red for Penguin Classics, (teal) Green for Pelicans, Orange for Penguins, Grey for Shakespeare, Yellow for Poets, (dark) Blue for Penguin Reference Books, and Light Brown for the Penguin 'Buildings of England' Series - with a cream/brown striped dust jacket. (In the event no bound Shakespeare or Penguin Poets titles were produced.) Text on the dust jackets matched the colour of the book. A dust jacket and the coloured decorative spines are illustrated alongside.

Just 49 Bound Penguins were produced (of which only one is known to have been reprinted) but the volume of sales did not justify the increased costs and the venture petered out.

Three Bound Penguins are known to have been printed and bound in the USA. One of these - 'A261', A Forgotten Kingdom - was only published in paperback form in the UK. There is a separate USA section at the bottom of this page.

Many years later, Penguin went on to produce Library Editions with 'H' prefix (1967 - 69) and the Chivers Penguin Library Editions (1970 - 72). These were also not a commercial success.

I am hugely grateful to Andrew Malin, Tim Graham and Paul Lickiss for their help and encouragement in developing the 'hardback' pages, and to Tim for his lists and in particular Andrew for his lists, additional information and images.

Dating the production of the book is not a simple matter. Penguin produced their original or reprinted book in paper-back format on normal paper. Using the same typesetting and printer, further copies were produced on 'superior' or 'more durable' paper. They were then cloth bound, given dust jackets and published separately. Therefore, both the date of printing on 'more durable' paper and the date of publication as a Hardback edition is given in the entries below.

Information and cover photographs of the BOUND PENGUINS Series:

763	Series No.: Bound Penguins 763 Title: FOUR ENGLISH COMEDIES of the 17th and 18th Centuries: Ben Johnson 'Volpone, or The Fox'; William Congreve 'The Way of the World'; Oliver Goldsmith 'She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night'; and R. B. Sheridan 'The School for Scandal'. Edited: by J. M. Morrell Date First Published by Penguin: May 1950 Originally issued as: Penguin main series no. 763 (double volume) Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 420pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A67	Series No.: Bound Penguins A67 Title: PRIMITIVE ART Author: Leonhard Adam Illustrations: with 35 photogravure illustrations on 16 pages, and 38 drawings in text Date First Published by Penguin: 7 February 1941 [printed date: 1940] Originally issued as: Pelican 'A67' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1954 Date of this Hardback edition: 1954 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Second image shows the back cover Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A72	Series No.: Bound Penguins A72 Title: A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Author: B. Ifor Evans Date First Published by Penguin: 24 July 1940 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A72' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 242pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A121	Series No.: Bound Penguins A121 Title: MATHEMATICIAN'S DELIGHT Author: W. W. Sawyer Date First Published by Penguin: August 1943 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A121' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 242pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A122	Series No.: Bound Penguins A122 Title: BALLET - A Complete Guide to Appreciation, History, Aesthetics, Ballets, Dancers Author: Arnold L. Haskell Illustrations: with eighteen illustrations from photographs (16 pages of photogravure) and twenty-five original decorations in the text by Kay Ambrose Date First Published by Penguin: This book was first published by Penguin as a Pelican Special 'S5' in July 1938. It was the first book in the Penguin Specials series to be classified as a 'Pelican' Special with a blue and white cover and the 'Pelican' logo. Then as a Pelican 'A122' in January 1945. Originally issued as: Pelican 'A122' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 226pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A124	Series No.: Bound Penguins A124 Title: THE WEATHER Authors: George Kimble and Raymond Bush Illustrations: 16 pages of photogravure containing 24 plates; drawings Date First Published by Penguin: November 1943 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A124' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Unwin Brothers Ltd; photogravure plates by Harrison and Sons Ltd. Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A197	Series No.: Bound Penguins A197 Title: ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1815 - 1914) Author: David Thomson Date First Published by Penguin: September 1950 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A197'. This book was later issued as part of the Pelican History of England, Volume 8 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A204	Series No.: Bound Penguins A204 Title: THE SYMPHONY Edited: by Ralph Hill Illustrations: music in text Date First Published by Penguin: September 1949 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A204'. Published as a 'double volume'. Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 412pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A212	Series No.: Bound Penguins A212 Title: TUDOR ENGLAND Author: S. T. Bindoff Date First Published by Penguin: February 1950 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A204'. This book was later issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 5 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 320pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A217	Series No.: Bound Penguins A217 Title: JUSTINIAN AND HIS AGE Author: Percy Neville Ure Illustrations: 16 pages of photographic plates and 5 maps Date First Published by Penguin: May 1951 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A217' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 264pp. + 16pp. Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A220	Series No.: Bound Penguins A220 Title: THE GREEKS Author: H. D. F. Kitto Date First Published by Penguin: January 1951 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A220' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1951 Pages: 258pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A221	Series No.: Bound Penguins A221 Title: ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE Author: Gertrude Williams Date First Published by Penguin: June 1950 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A221' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 242pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A227	Series No.: Bound Penguins A227 Title: OUR LANGUAGE Author: Simeon Potter Date First Published by Penguin: November 1950 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A227' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 210pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A228	Series No.: Bound Penguins A228 Title: BUDDHISM Author: Christmas Humphreys Illustrations: 16 pages of photographic plates Date First Published by Penguin: March 1951 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A228' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1951 Pages: 258pp. + 16pp. Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd; photogravure plates by Harrison and Sons Ltd. Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A231	Series No.: Bound Penguins A231 Title: ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Author: J. H. Plumb Date First Published by Penguin: September 1950 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A231'. This book was later issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 7 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 226pp. Printer: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Tim Graham
A234	Series No.: Bound Penguins A234 Title: ENGLAND IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES Author: A. R. Myers Date First Published by Penguin: March 1952 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A234'. This book was issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 4 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1956 Date of this Hardback edition: 1956 Pages: 274pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A236	Series No.: Bound Penguins A236 Title: FACTS FROM FIGURES Author: M. J. Moroney Date First Published by Penguin: November 1951 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A236' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 474pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A245	Series No.: Bound Penguins A245 Title: THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH SOCIETY Author: Dorothy Whitelock Date First Published by Penguin: February 1950 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A245'. This book was issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 2 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1954 Date of this Hardback edition: 1954 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A252	Series No.: Bound Penguins A252 Title: ENGLISH SOCIETY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES (1066 - 1307) Author: Doris Mary Stenton Date First Published by Penguin: November 1951 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A252'. This book was issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 3 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 288pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A257	Series No.: Bound Penguins A257 Title: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AT WORK Author: Eric Taylor Date First Published by Penguin: September 1951 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A257'. Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A268	Series No.: Bound Penguins A268 Title: ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (1603 - 1714) Author: Maurice Ashley Date First Published by Penguin: November 1952 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A268'. This book was issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 6 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1954 Date of this Hardback edition: 1954 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A295	Series No.: Bound Penguins A295 Title: GRASSES A guide to their structure, identification, uses, and distribution in the British Isles Author: Charles Edward Hubbard Illustrations: by Joan Sampson Cover: design by John Woodcock Date First Published by Penguin: April 1954 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A295' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1954 Date of this Hardback edition: 1954 Pages: 438pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d. Second image shows the back cover Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
A315	Series No.: Bound Penguins A315 Title: ROMAN BRITAIN Author: I. A. Richmond Illustrations: 8 pages of black and white photographs; 12 figures in text Date First Published by Penguin: April 1955 Originally issued as: Pelican 'A315'. This book was issued as part of The Pelican History of England, Volume 1 Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1955 Date of this Hardback edition: 1955 Pages: 242pp. + 8pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
BE3	Series No.: Bound Penguins BE3 Title: MIDDLESEX Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Illustrations: 64 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; map of area (before title page) Date First Published by Penguin: October 1951 Originally issued as: Buildings of England 'BE3' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 210pp. + 64pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
BE6	Series No.: Bound Penguins BE6 Title: LONDON (Volume II) except the Cities of London and Westminster Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Illustrations: 64 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; map of area (before title page) Date First Published by Penguin: July 1952 Originally issued as: Buildings of England 'BE6' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1952 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 498pp. + 64pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
BE7	Series No.: Bound Penguins BE7 Title: HERTFORDSHIRE Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Illustrations: 64 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; map of area (before title page) Date First Published by Penguin: July 1953 Originally issued as: Buildings of England 'BE7' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1953 Date of this Hardback edition: 1953 Pages: 320pp. + 64pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
BE8	Series No.: Bound Penguins BE8 Title: DERBYSHIRE Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Illustrations: 64 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; map of area (before title page) Date First Published by Penguin: June 1953 Originally issued as: Buildings of England 'BE8' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1953 Date of this Hardback edition: 1953 Pages: 290pp. + 64pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
BE9	Series No.: Bound Penguins BE9 Title: COUNTY DURHAM Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Illustrations: 64 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; map of area (before title page) Date First Published by Penguin: May 1953 Originally issued as: Buildings of England 'BE9' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1953 Date of this Hardback edition: 1953 Pages: 288pp. + 64pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
BE12	Series No.: Bound Penguins BE12 Title: LONDON (Volume I) The Cities of London and Westminster Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Illustrations: 96 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; 4 maps of area (before title page) Date First Published by Penguin: July 1952 Originally issued as: Buildings of England 'BE6' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1957 Date of this Hardback edition: 1957 Pages: 642pp. +96pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd; Collogravure plates by Harrison and Sons Ltd Price: 21/- Note: because this was printed some years later than the other books in the series some collectors do not consider BE12 to be part of the 'Bound Penguins' series. The second image shows the binding of the book (peach coloured on the right hand side) which has the same type of binding design as the rest of the series. Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L1	Series No.: Bound Penguins L1 Title: THE ODYSSEY Author: Homer Translated: by E. V. Rieu Date First Published by Penguin: January 1946 [printed date: 1945] Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L1' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1951 Pages: 386pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L3	Series No.: Bound Penguins L3 Title: THE THEBAN PLAYS King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone Author: Sophocles Translated: by E. F. Watling Date First Published by Penguin: November 1947 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L3' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 170pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L4	Series No.: Bound Penguins L4 Title: CANDIDE Author: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) Translated: by John Butt Date First Published by Penguin: November 1947 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L4' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 146pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L9	Series No.: Bound Penguins L9 Title: ON THE EVE (A novel) Author: Ivan S. Turgenev Translated: by Gilbert C. Gardiner Date First Published by Penguin: January 1950 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L9' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 242pp. Printer: Wyman and Sons Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L10	Series No.: Bound Penguins L10 Title: DON QUIXOTE Author: Miguel de Cervantes Translated: by J. M. Cohen Date First Published by Penguin: November 1950 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L10' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1950 Date of this Hardback edition: 1951 Pages: 944pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 10/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L11	Series No.: Bound Penguins L11 Title: THE GOLDEN ASS [The Transformation of Lucius - otherwise know as 'The Golden Ass'] Author: Lucius Apuleius Translated: by Robert Graves Date First Published by Penguin: April 1950 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L11' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1950 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 306pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L14	Series No.: Bound Penguins L14 Title: THE ILIAD Author: Homer Translated: by E. V. Rieu Date First Published by Penguin: April 1950 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L14' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 482pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L17	Series No.: Bound Penguins L17 Title: OLD GORIOT Author: Honoré De Balzac Translated: by Marion Ayton Crawford Date First Published by Penguin: February 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L17' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 306pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L18	Series No.: Bound Penguins L18 Title: THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE Author: Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) Translated: and with an introduction, by Ronald E. Latham Date First Published by Penguin: August 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L18' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 258pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L19	Series No.: Bound Penguins L19 Title: THREE PLAYS The Cherry Orchard; Three Sisters; Ivanov Author: Anton Chehov Translated: and with an introduction, by Elisaveta Fen Date First Published by Penguin: August 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L19' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 258pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L20	Series No.: Bound Penguins L20 Title: MISS HARRIET and Other Stories Author: Guy de Maupassant Translated: H. N. P. Sloman Date First Published by Penguin: March 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L20' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 258pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L21	Series No.: Bound Penguins L21 Title: THE CONQUEST OF GAUL Author: Caesar Translated: S. A. Handford Date First Published by Penguin: March 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L21' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 290pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L22	Series No.: Bound Penguins L22 Title: THE CANTERBURY TALES Author: Geoffrey Chaucer Translated: by Nevill Coghill Date First Published by Penguin: July 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L22' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 530pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 10/6d. Author mistakenly shown as Nevill Coghill (translator) Second image shows the 1952 version, corrected and revised cover where 'Chaucer' is correctly named as the author. Whole cover is shown as design across front cover and spine. The illustration on the jacket is adapted from a woodcut in Wynkyn de Worde's edition of The Canterbury Tales of 1498. Note: see also the USA edition below Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L23	SSeries No.: Bound Penguins L23 Title: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Translated: and with an introduction, by David Margarshack Date First Published by Penguin: October 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L23' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 562pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L24	Series No.: Bound Penguins L24 Title: THE SYMPOSIUM Author: Plato Translated: by W. Hamilton Date First Published by Penguin: November 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L24' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 130pp. Printer: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co Ltd Price: 5/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L32	Series No.: Bound Penguins L32 Title: THE FOUR GOSPELS Translated: from the Greek by E. V. Rieu Illustrated: text illustrations by Reynolds Stone Date First Published by Penguin: November 1952 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L32' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1952 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 256pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 7/6d. Second image shows the back cover Note: see also the USA edition below Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
R1	Series No.: Bound Penguins R1 Title: A DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE Definitions and Explanations of Terms used in Chemistry, Physics, and Elementary Mathematics Author: E. B. Uvarov Illustrations: 15 figures in text Date First Published by Penguin: 1944 Originally issued as: Penguin Reference 'R1' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1951 Pages: 242pp. Printer: The Whitefriars Press Ltd Price: 6/- Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
R3	Series No.: Bound Penguins R3 Title: A DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGY Authors: M. Abercrombie, C. J. Hickman and M. L. Johnson Illustrations: 10 figures in text Date First Published by Penguin: February 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Reference 'R3' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 260pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
R4	Series No.: Bound Penguins R4 Title: A DICTIONARY OF MUSIC Author: Robert Illing Illustrations: figures in text Date First Published by Penguin: December 1950 Originally issued as: Penguin Reference 'R4' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1951 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 322pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
R5	Series No.: Bound Penguins R5 Title: A DICTIONARY OF PSYCHOLOGY Author: James Drever Date First Published by Penguin: January 1952 Originally issued as: Penguin Reference 'R5' Date of printing on 'more durable' paper: 1952 Date of this Hardback edition: 1952 Pages: 322pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin

U.S.A. editions of 'Bound Penguins"

A261 USA	Series No.: Bound Penguins A261 (USA) Title: A FORGOTTEN KINGDOM Being a record of the results obtained from the excavations of two mounds, Atchana and Al Mina, in the Turkish Hatay Author: Sir Leonard Woolley Illustrations: 24 pages of photographs and 27 figures in text Date First Published by Penguin: January 1953 (UK) Originally issued as: Pelican 'A261'. Date of this Hardback edition: 1953 only in the USA Pages: 194pp. + 24pp. Printed: in the U.S.A. Price: $1.95, overstuck with 95¢ sticker Second image shows the back cover Images and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin and Paul Lickiss
L22	Series No.: Bound Penguins L22 Title: THE CANTERBURY TALES Author: Geoffrey Chaucer Translated: by Nevill Coghill Date First Published by Penguin: July 1951 Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L22' Date of this Hardback edition: 1953 (USA) Pages: 530pp. Printed: in the U.S.A. Price: $2.75. The American edition cover correctly identifies 'Chaucer' as the author. The text was revised for the US edition. The second image shows an advert for the Library edition printed on the inside cover of the paperback edition. Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
L32	Series No.: Bound Penguins L32 Title: THE FOUR GOSPELS Translated: from the Greek by E. V. Rieu Illustrated: text illustrations by Reynolds Stone Date First Published by Penguin (UK): November 1952 Date First Published by Penguin (USA): 1953 (paperback) Originally issued as: Penguin Classics 'L32' Date of this Hardback edition: 1953 (USA) Pages: 256pp. Printed: in the U.S.A. Price: $1.95 . Image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin

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