Penguin First Editions :: Early First Edition Penguin Books

Australians have imported Penguins from the very beginning of publication, and even after the opening of the Australia office in 1947 books continued to come from Britain until March 1963, when Penguin Books Australia printed their own series, starting with AU1. However, during the war years the supply chain was difficult and, much like the springing up of the Egyptian series, books were published in Australia between 1940-46. A Melbourne business 'Lothian Publishing Company' acted as the local agent for Penguin, and their name usually appeared at the foot of the title page.

The list below is based on a list originally provided by Mr Louis Lothian from the firm's own contemporaneous records, and also the numbering is that of Chris Barling who first catalogued the books. A few minor changes/additions have been made subsequently.

The covers of the books were designed to be like Penguins, but the typeface was variable and the paper quality poor. Prices were not printed on the cover, but at the time the books generally sold for 1/3d.

Information on the Australian Penguins, the 'AU' Series can be found on a separate page 'AU' or AUSTRALIAN PENGUINS

There is also a separate page for Penguin Books reprinted in New Zealand (1941-45).

Information and cover photographs of Australian Penguin Books:

AUS-S54	Number: 1 Book: AUS-S54 Title: OUR STRUGGLE (Unser Kampf) Author: Sir Richard Acland Date Published in Australia: August 1940 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 100pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 10 February 1940 Type: Penguin Special The above constitutes the 'official entry'. However, we received from Christopher Holland in Australia, a copy of a newspaper article from The West Australian dated 28 September 1940. The short piece seems to indicate that this Penguin Special was spotted by a doctor in Tasmania who thought it so pertinent to the world situation that he decided to pay for its publication in Australia, and actually distributed thousands of copies free, while others were on sale for about half the normal price. The preface to the Australian Edition (image shown) states "Sir Richard Acland and the English Publishers (Penguin Books Ltd.) have welcomed this and have asked no royalties or copyright fees." Displayed are images of the Front and back covers, title page, title page verso, and preface. Grateful acknowledgement to the State Library of Victoria where the book can be viewed online here.
AUS-S75	Book: AUS-S75 Title: NEW WAYS OF WAR Author: Tom Wintringham Date Published in Australia: May 1941 Publisher: Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne Pages: 128pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Price: 10d. Date first Published in Britain: 5 August 1940 Type: Penguin Special To speed up publication this book was transmitted by 'cable' from Britain to Australia and then reproduced by photo-offset at the Speciality Press. Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-96	Number: 2 Book: AUS-96 Title: FIRST VOLUME OF SELECTED MODERN SHORT STORIES Selected: by Alan Steele Date Published in Australia: July 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 18 June 1937 Type: Fiction
AUS-170	Number: 3 Book: AUS-170 Title: SECOND VOLUME OF SELECTED MODERN SHORT STORIES Selected: by Alan Steele Date Published in Australia: July 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 27 September 1938 Type: Fiction Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-A71	Number: 4 Book: AUS-A71 Title: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SEX And its Social Implications Author: Kenneth Walker Date Published in Australia: August 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 24 July 1940 Type: Pelican Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-316	Number: 5 Book: AUS-316 Title: MODERN AMERICAN SHORT STORIES Author: Date Published in Australia: August 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 11 March 1941 Type: Fiction
AUS-377	Number: 6 Book: AUS-377 Title: A BULLET IN THE BALLET Author: Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon Date Published in Australia: August 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 20 February 1942 Type: Crime Image of June 1945 reprint Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-S102	Number: 7 Book: AUS-S102 Title: GUERRILLA WARFARE Author: 'Yank' Levy Date Published in Australia: August 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 96pp. Printer: The Speciality Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 26 February 1942 Type: Penguin Special Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Norman
AUS-308	Number: 8 Book: AUS-308 Title: NIGHT WATCHES Author: W. W. Jacobs Date Published in Australia: August 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 96pp. Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 10 January 1941 Type: Fiction
AUS-S128	Number: 9 Book: AUS-S128 Title: VENEREAL DISEASE IN BRITAIN Author: Sydney M. Laird Date Published in Australia: August 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 72pp. Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: May 1943 Type: Penguin Special
AUS-251	Number: 10 Book: AUS-251 Title: THE RAGGED-TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS Author: Robert Tressall Date Published in Australia: October 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 246pp. Printer: 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 19 April 1940 Type: Fiction Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Norman
AUS-300	Number: 11 Book: AUS-300 Title: PYGMALION - A Romance in Five Acts Author: (George) Bernard Shaw Date Published in Australia: November 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 158pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 23 September 1941 Type: Plays Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-A80	Number: 12 Book: AUS-A80 Title: PLASTICS Author: V. E. Yarsley and E. G. Couzens Date Published in Australia: November 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 15 May 1941 Type: Pelican Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-210	Number: 13 Book: AUS-210 Title: A MAN LAY DEAD Author: Ngaio Marsh Date Published in Australia: December 1942 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 25 May 1939 Type: Crime
AUS-64	Number: 14 Book: AUS-64 Title: THE FOUR JUST MEN Author: Edgar Wallace Date Published in Australia: January 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 96pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 29 July 1936 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-S104	Number: 15 Book: AUS-S104 Title: CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL ORDER Author: William Temple, Archbishop of York Date Published in Australia: April 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 20 February 1942 Type: Penguin Special
AUS-S100	Number: 16 Book: AUS-S100 Title: REACHING FOR THE STARS Author: Nora Wain Date Published in Australia: April 1943 [printed date: December 1942] Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 216pp. Printer: William Brooks and Co Ltd, Sydney Date first Published in Britain:23 April 1942 Type: Penguin Special Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-348	Number: 17 Book: AUS-348 Title: BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN Author: W. E. Johns Date Published in Australia: April 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 25 November 1941 Type: Fiction
AUS-152	Number: 18 Book: AUS-152 Title: ENTER A MURDERER Author: Ngaio Marsh Date Published in Australia: May 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 26 August 1938 Type: Crime
AUS-A86	Number: 19 Book: AUS-A86 Title: THE CHINESE Author: Winifred Galbraith Date Published in Australia: July 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 12 March 1942 Type: Pelican Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-368	Number: 20 Book: AUS-368 Title: THE SILK STOCKING MURDERS Author: Anthony Berkeley Date Published in Australia: July 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 26 January 1942 Type: Crime
AUS-317	Number: 21 Book: AUS-317 Title: FALL OVER CLIFF Author: Josephine Bell Date Published in Australia: July 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 11 March 1941 Type: Crime
AUS-A100	Number: 22 Book: AUS-A100 Title: EXPLOSIVES Author: John Read Date Published in Australia: August 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160pp. Printer: McLaren and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: May 1942 Type: Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-360	Number: 23 Book: AUS-360 Title: AN AIR FIGHTER'S SCRAP-BOOK Author: Ira Jones Date Published in Australia: September 1943 (printed date: 1942) Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 176pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: November 1942 Type: Travel and Adventure Image and additional data courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-131	Number: 24 Book: AUS-131 Title: TEN MINUTE ALIBI Author: Anthony Armstrong and Herbert Shaw Date Published in Australia: September 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 104pp. Printer: McLaren and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 8 April 1938 Type: Crime Image of April 1945 reprint Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-287	Number: 25 Book: AUS-287 Title: CAGE-BIRDS Author: H. E. Hervey Date Published in Australia: September 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 136pp. Printer: C. H. Pitman, Perth Date first Published in Britain: 19 July 1940 Type: Travel and Adventure Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-365	Number: 26 Book: AUS-365 Title: THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE Author: Stephen Crane Date Published in Australia: September 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 21 July 1942 Type: Fiction Image courtesy of Andrew Malin
AUS-231	Number: 27 Book: AUS-231 Title: ALL PASSION SPENT Author: Vita Sackville-West Date Published in Australia: October 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160pp. Printer: C. H. Pitman, Perth Date first Published in Britain: 19 January 1940 Type: Fiction Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-S130	Number: 28 Book: AUS-S130 Title: ARGUMENT OF EMPIRE Author: W. K. Hancock Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 136pp. Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: June 1943 Type: Penguin Special Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-209	Number: 29 Book: AUS-209 Title: NO. 17 Author: J. Fefferson Farjeon Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 25 May 1939 Type: Crime
AUS-182	Number: 30 Book: AUS-182 Title: NIGHT FLIGHT Author: Antoine de Saint-Excupéry Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 96pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 3 February 1949 Type: Fiction
AUS-190	Number: 31 Book: AUS-190 Title: DEATH OF MY AUNT Author: C. H. B. Kitchin Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 3 February 1939 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-256	Number: 32 Book: AUS-256 Title: HAG'S NOOK Author: John Dickson carr Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160 pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 19 April 1940 Type: Crime
AUS-A84	Number: 33 Book: AUS-A84 Title: THE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE Author: C. H. Waddington Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: McLaren and Co Pty Ltd, Victoria Date first Published in Britain: 20 June 1941 Type: Pelican Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-380	Number: 34 Book: AUS-380 Title: THIRTEEN STORIES Author: R. B. Cunninghame Graham Date Published in Australia: November 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 126pp. Printer: McLaren and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 22 May 1942 Type: Fiction Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Norman
AUS-332	Number: 35 Book: AUS-332 Title: THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY Author: Thornton Niven Wilder Date Published in Australia: May 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 88pp. Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 15 May 1941 Type: Fiction Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Norman
AUS-216	Number: 36 Book: AUS-216 Title: THE VERDICT OF YOU ALL Author: Henry Wade Date Published in Australia: July 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 28 July 1939 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-160	Number: 37 Book: AUS-160 Title: THE HOUSE OF EXILE Author: Nora Wain Date Published in Australia: July 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 208pp. Printer: 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 27 September 1938 Type: Travel and Adventure Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-S125	Number: 38 Book: AUS-S125 Title: WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES Author: The Bishop of Bradford (Dr. Alfred Blunt) Date Published in Australia: July 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 96pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: December 1942 Type: Penguin Special Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-S135	Number: 39 Book: AUS-S135 Title: HOW THE JAP ARMY FIGHTS Author: P. W. Thompson, Harold Doud and John Schofield (US Army) Date Published in Australia: August 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: November 1943 Type: Penguin Special Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-34	Number: 40 Book: AUS-34 Title: MR FORTUNE PLEASE Author: H. C. Bailey Date Published in Australia: August 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 160pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Pty, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 27 March 1936 Type: Crime
AUS-276	Number: 41 Book: AUS-276 Title: THE CASE OF THE LATE PIG Author: Margery Allingham Date Published in Australia: 1943 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 28 August 1940 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-414	Number: 42 Book: AUS-414 Title: STEAMBOATMEN Author: C. J. Cutcliffe-Hyne Date Published in Australia: October 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 140pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: March 1943 Type: Fiction
AUS-307	Number: 43 Book: AUS-307 Title: OLD JUNK Author: H. M. Tomlinson Date Published in Australia: December 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 104pp. Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 5 November 1940 Type: Fiction
AUS-415	Number: 44 Book: AUS-415 Title: MODERN IRISH SHORT STORIES Author: Joan Hancock and Alan Steele Date Published in Australia: December 1944 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 120pp. Printer: McLaren and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: September 1943 Type: Fiction Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-266	Number: 45 Book: AUS-266 Title: THE DYING ALDERMAN Author: Henry Wade Date Published in Australia: February 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 12 June 1940 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-159	Number: 46 Book: AUS-159 Title: THE DANGERFIELD TALISMAN Author: J. J. Connington Date Published in Australia: February 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: set by Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne; printed by National Press Pty Ltd, Sydney Date first Published in Britain: 26 August 1938 Type: Crime This volume was wrongly numbered '276' which is 'The Case of the Late Pig' printed previously in October 1944
AUS-153	Number: 47 Book: AUS-153 Title: THE PICCADILLY MURDER Author: Anthony Berkeley Date Published in Australia: 1944 [printed date: March 1945] Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: set by Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne; printed by National Press Pty Ltd, Sydney Date first Published in Britain: 26 August 1938 Type: Crime
AUS-378	Number: 48 Book: AUS-378 Title: DEATH IN THE STOCKS Author: Georgette Heyer Date Published in Australia: March 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 21 September 1942 Type: Crime
AUS-397	Number: 49 Book: AUS-397 Title: THE BAMBOO BLONDE Author: Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: January 1943 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-354	Number: 50 Book: AUS-354 Title: MURDER OF MY PATIENT Author: Mignon G. Eberhart Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 22 August 1941 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-250	Number: 51 Book: AUS-250 Title: POISON IN JEST Author: John Dickson Carr Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 15 March 1940 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-91	Number: 52 Book: AUS-91 Title: GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY Author: M. R. James Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 112pp. Printer: Stockland Press Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 18 June 1937 Type: Fiction Image courtesy of Andrew Malin
AUS-90	Number: 53 Book: AUS-90 Title: THE SANFIELD SCANDAL Author: Agatha Christie Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 19 March 1937 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-6	Number: 54 Book: AUS-6 Title: MURDER ON THE LINKS Author: Agatha Christie Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 27 March 1936 Type: Crime This book was first numbered '6A', replacing the former No.6 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' and then remained as No.6
AUS-137	Number: 55 Book: AUS-137 Title: DEATH AT SWAYTHLING COURT Author: J. J. Connington Date Published in Australia: June 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 8 April 1938 Type: Crime
AUS-407	Number: 56 Book: AUS-407 Title: CUT THROAT Author: Christopher Bush Date Published in Australia: August 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: April 1943 Type: Crime Image of August 1945 reprint Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-313	Number: 57 Book: AUS-313 Title: TOP STOREY MURDER Author: Anthony Berkeley Date Published in Australia: August 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 7 February 1941 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-297	Number: 58 Book: AUS-297 Title: UNCLE SILAS Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu Date Published in Australia: December 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 28 August 1940 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Andrew Malin
AUS-151	Number: 59 Book: AUS-151 Title: THE INVISIBLE MAN Author: H. G. Wells Date Published in Australia: December 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 128pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 26 August 1938 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-62	Number: 60 Book: AUS-62 Title: THE MISSING MONEYLENDER Author: W. Stanley Sykes Date Published in Australia: December 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 29 July 1936 Type: Crime
AUS-158	Number: 61 Book: AUS-158 Title: THE WAXWORKS MURDER Author: John Dickson Carr Date Published in Australia: January 1946 [no date printed] Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: set by Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne; printed by National Press Pty Ltd, Sydney Date first Published in Britain: 26 August 1938 Type: Crime
AUS-79	Number: 62 Book: AUS-79 Title: THE RASP Author: Philip MacDonald Date Published in Australia: January 1946 [no date printed] Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: set by Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne; printed by National Press Pty Ltd, Sydney Date first Published in Britain: 15 January 1937 Type: Crime
AUS-353	Number: 63 Book: AUS-353 Title: ARTISTS IN CRIME Author: Ngaio Marsh Date Published in Australia: January 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 224pp. Printer: Date first Published in Britain: 24 October 1941 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Andrew Malin
AUS-418	Number: 64 Book: AUS-418 Title: MURDER BY BURIAL Author: Stanley Casson Date Published in Australia: June 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: April 1943 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-355	Number: 65 Book: AUS-355 Title: THE NURSING-HOME MURDER Author: Ngaio Marsh and Dr H. Jellett Date Published in Australia: June 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 12 March 1942 Type: Crime Image and additional information courtesy of Paul Norman
AUS-217	Number: 66 Book: AUS-217 Title: DEATH AT THE OPERA Author: Gladys Mitchell Date Published in Australia: July 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 28 July 1939 Type: Crime Image courtesy of Christopher Holland
AUS-429	Number: 67 Book: AUS-429 Title: WHY SHOOT A BUTLER? Author: Georgette Heyer Date Published in Australia: July 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: July 1943 Type: Crime
AUS-301	Number: 68 Book: AUS-301 Title: THE THREE HUNTING HORNS Author: Mary Fitt Date Published in Australia: July 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 208pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: Type: Crime
AUS-61	Number: 69 Book: AUS-61 Title: THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES Author: Agatha Christie Date Published in Australia: August 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Morris and Walker Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 30 July 1935 Type: Crime This book first appeared as No.6 among the 'first ten' in July 1935, it was replaced by '6A' in March 1936 and re-appeared on the shelves as No. 61 in July 1936
AUS-282	Number: 70 Book: AUS-282 Title: THE SILENCE OF COLONEL BRAMBLE Author: André Maurois Date Published in Australia: September 1946 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 104pp. Printer: Stockland Press, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 9 May 1940 Type: Fiction
AUS-351	Number: 71 Book: AUS-351 Title: HE LAUGHED AT MURDER Author: Richard Keverne Date Published in Australia: 1945 Publisher: Lothian Publishing Company Pages: 192pp. Printer: Wilke and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne Date first Published in Britain: 22 August 1941 Type: Crime
AUS-428	Number: 72 Book: AUS-428 Title: THE UNFINISHED CLUE Author: Georgette Heyer Date Published in Australia: Publisher: Pages: Printer: Date first Published in Britain: July 1943 Type: Crime
AUS-S77	Book: AUS-S77 Title: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR AND COURAGE Author: Edward Glover Date Published in Australia: (not given) Publisher: Robertson and Mullens Ltd, Melbourne Pages: 128pp. Printer: National Press Pty Ltd, Sydney Date first Published in Britain: 28 August 1940 Type: Penguin Special Image courtesy of Andrew Malin

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