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BOUND PENGUINS - Series

Part of Penguin's Hardback and Clothbound Books




THIS PAGE 'BOUND PENGUINS'



For other Hardback series please see:

'H prefix' LIBRARY EDITIONS (page 1) 'H' main series and 'HA' (Pelican)
'H prefix' LIBRARY EDITIONS (page 2) 'HD' to 'HY'





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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/-

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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/-

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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/-

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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/-

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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/-

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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.

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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.

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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/-

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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/-

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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 .


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