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Penguin developed their relationship with the USA and opened their New York office on 19th August, 1940. They later branched out and published plays and poetry from an office in Baltimore. The Pelican Shakespeare (Series 'AB') was launched from there in 1956 under the general editorship of Alfred Harbage, and with its own cover design.

The Series began in October 1956 with AB1 Macbeth, edited by Alfred Harbage, and concluded 10 years later in May 1966 with AB38.

Information and cover photographs of Pelican Shakespeare (U.S.) Series:

Number: AB1	Series No.: AB1 Title: MACBETH Edited: by Alfred Harbage General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: October 1956 Pages: 124pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB2	Series No.: AB2 Title: CORIOLANUS Edited: by Harry Levin General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: October 1956 Pages: 170pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB3	Series No.: AB3 Title: MEASURE FOR MEASURE Edited: by R. C. Bald General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: October 1956 Pages: 130pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB4	Series No.: AB4 Title: THE WINTER'S TALE Edited: by Baldwin Maxwell General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: October 1956 Pages: 144pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB5	Series No.: AB5 Title: HAMLET Edited: by Willard Farnham General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: July 1957 Pages: 176pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB6	Series No.: AB6 Title: RICHARD II Edited: by Matthew W. Black General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1957 Pages: 140pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB7	Series No.: AB7 Title: HENRY IV, PART I Edited: by M. A. Shaaber General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1957 Pages: 144pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB8	Series No.: AB8 Title: HENRY IV, PART II Edited: by Allan G. Chester General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1957 Pages: 152pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB9	Series No.: AB9 Title: HENRY V Edited: by Alfred Harbage General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1957 Pages: 144pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB10	Series No.: AB10 Title: OTHELLO Edited: by Gerald Eades Bentley General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: May 1958 Pages: 160pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB11	Series No.: AB11 Title: TWELFTH NIGHT Edited: by Charles T. Prouty General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: September 1958 Pages: 128pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB12	Series No.: AB12 Title: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Edited: by Josephine Waters Bennett General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: May 1958 Pages: 128pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB13	Series No.: AB13 Title: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Edited: by Virgil K. Whitaker General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: December 1958 Pages: 160pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB14	Series No.: AB14 Title: KING LEAR Edited: by Alfred Harbage General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: September 1958 Pages: 192pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB15	Series No.: AB15 Title: THE TEMPEST Edited: by Northrop Frye General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: January 1959 Pages: 112pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB16	Series No.: AB16 Title: RICHARD III Edited: by Blackmore Evans General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: July 1959 Pages: 176pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB17	Series No.: AB17 Title: AS YOU LIKE IT Edited: by Palph M. Sargent General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: November 1959 Pages: 128pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB18	Series No.: AB18 Title: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Edited: by Madeleine Doran General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: July 1959 Pages: 128pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB19	Series No.: AB19 Title: ROMEO AND JULIET Edited: by John E. Hankins General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1960 Pages: 160pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB20	Series No.: AB20 Title: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Edited: by Maynard Mack General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1960 Pages: 160pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB21	Series No.: AB21 Title: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Edited: by Brents Stirling General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1960 Pages: 128pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB22	Series No.: AB22 Title: JULIUS CAESAR Edited: by S. F. Johnson General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1960 Pages: 128pp. Price: 50¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB23	Series No.: AB23 Title: THE SONNETS Edited: by Douglas Bush and Alfred Harbage General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: 1961 Pages: 192pp. Price: 85¢
Number: AB24	Series No.: AB24 Title: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Edited: by Fredson T. Bowers General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: October 1963 Pages: 136pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB25	Series No.: AB25 Title: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Edited: by Richard Hosley General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1964 Pages: 144pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956 Image courtesy of Andrew Malin
Number: AB26	Series No.: AB26 Title: KING JOHN Edited: by Irving Ribner General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: September 1962 Pages: 128pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB27	Series No.: AB27 Title: LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST Edited: by Alfred Harbage General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: October 1963 Pages: 144pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB28	Series No.: AB28 Title: CYMBELINE Edited: by Robert B. Heilman General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: September 1965 Pages: 176pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB29	Series No.: AB29 Title: TIMON OF ATHENS Edited: by Fredson T. Bowers General Editor: Charlton Hinman Date Published: 1964 Pages: 128pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB30	Series No.: AB30 Title: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Edited: by Jonas A. Barish General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: September 1965 Pages: 144pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB31	Series No.: AB31 Title: TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Edited: by Berners A. W. Jackson General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: August 1965 Pages: 128pp. Price: 65¢ Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB32	Series No.: AB32 Title: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Edited: by Paul A. Jorgensen General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1964 Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB33	Series No.: AB33 Title: TITUS ANDRONICUS Edited: by Gustav Cross General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: May 1966 Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB34	Series No.: AB34 Title: HENRY VI, PART I Edited: by David Bevington General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: March 1966 Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB35	Series No.: AB35 Title: HENRY VI, PARTS II AND III Edited: by Robert K. Turner Jr. and George Walter Williams General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: April 1966 Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB36	Series No.: AB36 Title: HENRY VIII Edited: by F. David Hoeniger General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: June 1966 Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB37	Series No.: AB37 Title: THE NARRATIVE POEMS Edited: by Richard Wilbur and Alfred Harbage General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: February 1966 Pages: 192pp. Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956
Number: AB38	Series No.: AB38 Title: PERICLES Edited: by James MacManaway General Editor: Alfred Harbage Date Published: May 1966 Cover design by C. Walter Hodges, 1956

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