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PENGUIN BOOKS (NEW YORK)
PENGUINS IN AMERICA






THIS PAGE American Penguins 600 - 659 and Penguin Signets 660 - 661

Penguin Books (New York) 501 - 599 (page 1)
Penguin Books (New York) 600 - 659 [Penguin Signet 660-661] (page 2)

See also other American Penguins:
Pelican Books (New York) P1 - P25
'S-US' Fighting Forces - Penguin Specials USA
'AB' Pelican Shakespeare (U.S.) (AB1 - AB38)








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600 (USA)
Series No.: 600 (USA)
Title: MONTANA RIDES!
Author: Evan Evans
Cover illustration: by Arthur Getz
Date Published: 1946
Price: 25¢
601 (USA)
Series No.: 601 (USA)
Title: JURGEN
Author: James Branch Cabell
Cover illustration: by Lester Beall Studio
Date Published: 1946
602 (USA)
Series No.: 602 (USA)
Title: THE NEW VETERAN
Author: Charles G. Bolte
Cover illustration: by J. C. (typography)
Date Published: 1946
603 (USA)
Series No.: 603 (USA)
Title: SHORT STORIES OF JAMES T. FARRELL
Author: James T. Farrell
Cover illustration: by Lester Beall Studio
Date Published: November 1946
Pages: 214pp.
604 (USA)
Series No.: 604 (USA)
Title: TRIO
Author: Dorothy Baker
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1946
605 (USA)
Series No.: 605 (USA)
Title: CIMMARON
Author: Edna Ferber
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: October 1946
Pages: 248pp.
606 (USA)
Series No.: 606 (USA)
Title: A ROPE OF SAND
Author: Francis Bonnamy
Cover illustration: by Arthur Getz
Date Published: June 1946
Pages: 202pp.
607 (USA)
Series No.: 607 (USA)
Title: PYGMALION
Author: (George) Bernard Shaw
Cover illustration: by George Salter
Date Published: 1946
Price: 50¢
Second image of 1946 5th printing.

Second image courtesy of Andrew Malin
608 (USA)
Series No.: 608 (USA)
Title: MAJOR BARBARA
Author: (George) Bernard Shaw
Cover illustration: by George Salter
Date Published: 1946
609 (USA)
Series No.: 609 (USA)
Title: SAINT JOAN
Author: (George) Bernard Shaw
Cover illustration: by George Salter
Date Published: 1946
610 (USA)
Series No.: 610 (USA)
Title: LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1946
611 (USA)
Series No.: 611 (USA)
Title: MESSER MARCO POLO A love story
Author: Donn Byrne
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1946
612 (USA)
Series No.: 612 (USA)
Title: CHRISTIANITY TAKES A STAND
Edited: by William Scarlett
Date Published: 1946
613 (USA)
Series No.: 613 (USA)
Title: THE ODYSSEY
Author: Homer
Translated: by E. V. Rieu
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1946
Later published as an American Pelican P21
614 (USA)
Series No.: 614 (USA)
Title: [THE PENGUIN HOYLE] HOYLE'S RULES OF GAMES: the latest rules of games with advice on skillful play. Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with the Latest Rules and Advice on Strategy and Skilful Play. Based on the Foundations laid down by Edmund Hoyle, 1679-1769.
Edited: by Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: November 1946
Pages: 232pp.
615 (USA)
Series No.: 615 (USA)
Title: LADY INTO FOX and A MAN IN THE ZOO
Author: David Garnett
Cover illustration: by Michael Loew
Date Published: 1946
616 (USA)
Series No.: 616 (USA)
Title: THE ELEVEN OF DIAMONDS
Author: Baynard H. Kendrick
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1946
617 (USA)
Series No.: 617 (USA)
Title: SARATOGA TRUNK
Author: Edna Ferber
Cover illustration: by Miriam Woods
Date Published: 1947
618 (USA)
Series No.: 618 (USA)
Title: THE PERRENIAL BOARDER - An Asey Mayo Mystery
Author: Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: January 1947
Pages: 188pp.
619 (USA)
Series No.: 619 (USA)
Title: ALMAYER'S FOLLY
Author: Joseph Conrad
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
620 (USA)
Series No.: 620 (USA)
Title: MONTANA RIDES AGAIN
Author: Evan Evans
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
621 (USA)


Series No.: 621 (USA)
Title: SERENADE
Author: James M. Cain
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: February 1947
Pages: 188pp.
Price: 25c
Image of Third printing in May 1947

also shown image of later printing
622 (USA)
Series No.: 622 (USA)
Title: LOOKING FOR A BLUEBIRD
Author: Joseph Wechsberg
Cover illustration: by F. Strobel
Date Published: February 1947
Pages: 200pp.
623 (USA)
Series No.: 623 (USA)
Title: THE SILVER JACKASS
Author: Frank Gruber
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: January 1947
Pages: 140pp.
624 (USA)
Series No.: 624 (USA)
Title: THE VELVET WELL
Author: John Gearon
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
625 (USA)
Series No.: 625 (USA)
Title: DAISY MILLER
Author: Henry James
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
626 (USA)
Series No.: 626 (USA)
Title: THE PURPLE ONION MYSTERY
Author: Hariette Ashbrook
Cover illustration: by Arthur Hawkins, Jr.
Date Published: 1947
627 (USA)
Series No.: 627 (USA)
Title: TOBACCO ROAD
Author: Erskine Caldwell
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
628 (USA)
Series No.: 628 (USA)
Title: THE INNOCENT VOYAGE (A high wind in Jamaica)
Author: Richard Hughes
Cover illustration: by Michael Loew
Date Published: March 1947
Pages: 188pp.
629 (USA)
Series No.: 629 (USA)
Title: THE KING IS DEAD ON QUEEN STREET
Author: Francis Bonnamy
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
630 (USA)
Series No.: 630 (USA)
Title: MOTHER WORE TIGHTS
Author: Miriam Young
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
631 (USA)
Series No.: 631 (USA)
Title: A FUNERAL IN EDEN
Author: Paul McGuire
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: February 1947
Pages: 184pp.
632 (USA)
Series No.: 632 (USA)
Title: SANCTUARY
Author: William Faulkener
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
633 (USA)
Series No.: 633 (USA)
Title: GREAT SON
Author: Edner Ferber
Cover illustration: by Arthur Getz
Date Published: April 1947
Pages: 186pp.
634 (USA)
Series No.: 634 (USA)
Title: THE UNBEARABLE BASSINGTON
Author: 'Saki' (H. H. Munro)
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
635 (USA)
Series No.: 635 (USA)
Title: BLOOD ON LAKE LOUISA
Author: Baynard H. Kendrick
Cover illustration: by Arthur Getz
Date Published: 1947
636 (USA)
Series No.: 636 (USA)
Title: THE VOICE OF BUGLE ANN
Author: MacKinlay Kantor
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
637 (USA)
Series No.: 637 (USA)
Title: HOTEL SPLENDIDE
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
638 (USA)
Series No.: 638 (USA)
Title: A PORTRAIT OF JENNIE
Author: Robert Nathan
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
639 (USA)
Series No.: 639 (USA)
Title: SO BIG
Author: Edna Ferber
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
640 (USA)
Series No.: 640 (USA)
Title: ALL IN LINE: CARTOONS
Author: Saul Steinberg
Cover illustration: by the author
Date Published: 1947
641 (USA)
Series No.: 641 (USA)
Title: MURDER: GREAT TRUE CRIME CASES
Author: Alan Hynd
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
642 (USA)
Series No.: 642 (USA)
Title: THE KISS OF DEATH
Author: Eleazar Lipsky
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
643 (USA)
Series No.: 643 (USA)
Title: YOUNG LONIGAN
Author: James T. Farrell
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: September 1947
Pages: 186pp.
644 (USA)
Series No.: 644 (USA)
Title: SHORT STORIES OF THOMAS WOLFE
Author: Thomas Wolfe
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
645 (USA)
Series No.: 645 (USA)
Title: SONG OF THE WHIP
Author: Evan Evans
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
646 (USA)
Series No.: 646 (USA)
Title: JOURNEYMAN
Author: Erskine Caldwell
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: October 1947
Pages: 138pp.
647 (USA)
Series No.: 647 (USA)
Title: UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN
Author: Richard Wright
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: October 1947
Pages: 186pp.
648 (USA)
Series No.: 648 (USA)
Title: DEADLY WEAPON
Author: Wade Miller
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: October 1947
Pages: 138pp.
649 (USA)
Series No.: 649 (USA)
Title: THE TYRANNY OF SEX (The Case of Mr Crump)
Author: Ludwig Lewisohn
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
650 (USA)
Series No.: 650 (USA)
Title: AMERICAN BEAUTY
Author: Edna Ferber
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
651 (USA)
Series No.: 651 (USA)
Title: MARKET FOR MURDER
Author: Frank Gruber
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
652 (USA)
Series No.: 652 (USA)
Title: THE NEW QUIZ BOOK
Authors: Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
653 (USA)
Series No.: 653 (USA)
Title: SHOW BOAT
Author: Edna Ferber
Date Published: 1947
654 (USA)
Series No.: 654 (USA)
Title: GREAT WESTERN STORIES
Author: William Targ
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1947
655 (USA)
Series No.: 655 (USA)
Title: GREAT MURDER STORIES
Author: Mystery Writers of America
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
656 (USA)
Series No.: 656 (USA)
Title: CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI
Author: Carlo Levi
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
657 (USA)
Series No.: 657 (USA)
Title: DESIRE ME
Author: Leonhard Frank
Date Published: 1948
658 (USA)
Series No.: 658 (USA)
Title: DEATH OF A SWAGMAN
Author: Arthur W. Upfield
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
659 (USA)
Series No.: 659 (USA)
Title: THE WILD PALMS
Author: William Faulkner
Date Published: 1948



Last of the American books produced by 'Penguin Books (New York)'




660 (USA)
Series transferred to the 'New American Library of World Literature Inc.' and continued as PENGUIN SIGNET BOOKS for Nos. 660 - 680. After that they were published simply as 'Signet Books'.



Series No.: 660 (Penguin Signet)
Title: 100 AMERICAN POEMS: Masterpieces of lyric, epic and ballad from colonial times to present
Edited: by Selden Rodman
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
661 (USA)


Series No.: 661 (Penguin Signet)
Title: TRAGIC GROUND
Author: Erskine Caldwell
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
Pages: 140pp.
First image shows the first printing by Penguin Books Inc. in February 1948

First image and additional information courtesy of Andrew Malin
663 (USA)
Series No.: 663 (Penguin Signet)
Title: AS GOOD AS DEAD
Author: Thomas B. Dewey
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
Pages:

Image and details courtesy of Andrew Malin
664 (USA)
Series No.: 664 (Penguin Signet)
Title: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
Author: James Joyce
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948
Pages: 202pp.

Image and details courtesy of Andrew Malin
665 (USA)
Series No.: 665 (Penguin Signet)
Title: STRANGE FRUIT
Author: Lillian Smith
Cover illustration: by Robert Jonas
Date Published: 1948 [printed date states 'Signet Books March 1946']
Pages: 260pp.
668 (USA)
Series No.: 668 (Penguin Signet)
Title: THE DIM VIEW
Author: Basil Heatter
Cover illustration: by T.V.
Date Published: April 1948
Pages: 156pp.

Image and details courtesy of Andrew Malin
670 (USA)
Series No.: 670 (Penguin Signet)
Title: THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
Author: Horace McCoy
Cover illustration: by T.V.
Date Published: May 1948
Pages: 144pp.

Image and details courtesy of Andrew Malin
671 (USA)
Series No.: 671 (Penguin Signet)
Title: DARKNESS AT NOON
Author: Arthur Koestler
Date Published: May 1948
Pages: 192pp.

Image and details courtesy of Andrew Malin

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