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Number: 2,900	Main Series No.: 2,900 Title: OVER THE GATE Author: 'Miss Read' Illustrated: by J. S. Goodall Cover: illustration by Jannat Houston Type: Fiction Date Published: December 1968 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,901	Main Series No.: 2,901 Title: HORNBLOWER AND THE HOTSPUR Author: C. S. Forester Cover: shows detail from 'The Glorious First of June, 1794' by P. J. de Loutherbourg Type: Fiction Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 304pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,902	Main Series No.: 2,902 Title: THE DRESDEN GREEN Author: Nicolas Freeling Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth Type: Crime Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,903	Main Series No.: 2,903 Title: THE RETURN OF HYMAN KAPLAN Author: Leo Rosten (Leonard Q. Ross) Cover: design by Russell and Hinrichs, Inc. Type: Fiction Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,904	Main Series No.: 2,904 Title: ANCIENT SORCERIES AND OTHER STORIES Author: Algernon Blackwood Cover: design by Ink Studios Type: Fiction Date Published: December 1968 Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,905	Main Series No.: 2,905 Title: TEN NOVELS AND THEIR AUTHORS Author: W. Somerset Maugham Cover: no information provided, but based on design by Herman Zapf Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 37½p 7/6d.
Number: 2,906	Main Series No.: 2,906 Title: THE EXPLORER Author: W. Somerset Maugham Cover: no information provided, but based on design by Herman Zapf Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,907	Main Series No.: 2,907 Title: HARVEST COMEDY: A Dramatic Chronicle Author: Frank Swinnerton Cover: design by John Tribe Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 560pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 52½p 10/6d.
Number: 2,908	Main Series No.: 2,908 Title: VENOM HOUSE Author: Arthur Upfield Cover: no information provided Type: Crime Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,909	Main Series No.: 2,909 Title: THE JUDGE AND HIS HANGMAN Author: Frederich Dürrenmatt Translated: from the German by Cyrus Brooks Cover: design by Russell and Hinrichs, Inc. Type: Crime Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 112pp. Printer: NV Drukkerij Bosch Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,910	Main Series No.: 2,910 Title: THE YOUNG VISITORS Author: John Wain Cover: illustration by Owen Wood Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,911	Main Series No.: 2,911 Title: TREMOR OF INTENT Author: Anthony Burgess Cover: design by Anthony Stern Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,912	Main Series No.: 2,912 Title: THE EVENING OF THE HOLIDAY Author: Shirley Hazzard Cover: design by Russell and Hinrichs, Inc. Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 144pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,913	Main Series No.: 2,913 Title: THE MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI ON THE BHAGAVAD-GITA: A NEW TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY WITH SANSKRIT TEXT (Chapters 1 to 6) Author: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 496pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 50p 10/-
Number: 2,914	Main Series No.: 2,914 Title: CLOCHEMERIE-LES-BAINS Author: Gabriel Chevallier Translated: from the French by Xan Fielding Cover: illustration by Abram Games Type: Fiction Date Published: December 1968 Pages: 400pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 37½p 7/6d.
Number: 2,915	Main Series No.: 2,915 Title: HOLLYWOOD THE HAUNTED HOUSE Author: Paul Mayersberg Cover: design by Ink Studio Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,916	Main Series No.: 2,916 Title: BEFORE MY TIME Author: Niccolò Tucci Cover: illustration by Colin Mier Type: Fiction Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 552pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 52½p 10/6d.
Number: 2,917	Main Series No.: 2,917 Title: THE FATHER'S COMEDY Author: Roy Fuller Cover: design by Russell and Hinrichs, Inc. Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,918	Main Series No.: 2,918 Title: THE FATHERS Author: Allen Tate Cover: shows detail from 'The Plantation' c. 1825, unknown American artist Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 272pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 35p 7/-
Number: 2,919	Main Series No.: 2,919 Title: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES Edited: by James Cochrane Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 424pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 35p 7/-
Number: 2,920	Main Series No.: 2,920 Title: THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: Impressions of Five Societies - British, French and Dutch - in the West Indies and South America Author: V. S. Naipaul Cover: design by Omnific Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,921	Main Series No.: 2,921 Title: CHINESE LOOKING GLASS Author: Dennis Bloodworth Cover: design by Russell and Hinrichs, Inc. Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 416pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,922	Main Series No.: 2,922 Title: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN EUROPEAN SHORT STORIES Edited: by Robert Taubman Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,923	Main Series No.: 2,923 Title: MY DEAR TIMOTHY: an autobiographical letter to his gandson Author: Victor Gollancz Cover: no information provided but in style of Victor Gollancz's covers from his publishing house Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 448pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 50p 10/-
	Main Series No.: 2,924 THIS NUMBER (No. 2,924) WAS NOT USED. It was allocated for Penguin Main Series 2,924 MORE FOR TIMOTHY by Victor Gollancz (Non-Fiction), but was never issued.
Number: 2,925	Main Series No.: 2,925 Title: MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND Author: Claude Brown Cover: design by Bill Picknell Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 448pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 50p 10/-
Number: 2,926	Main Series No.: 2,926 Title: SPEAK, MEMORY: An Autobiography Revisited Author: Vladimir Nabokov Illustration: 12 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: shows manor belonging to author at Rozhestveno, fifty miles south of St. Petersburg Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 242pp. + 12pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,927	Main Series No.: 2,927 Title: ASSASSINS Author: Nicholas Mosley Cover: design by Holmes/Kitley, photograph by Michael King Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 272pp. Printer: NV Drukkerij Bosch Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,928	Main Series No.: 2,928 Title: THE END OF SOMETHING NICE Author: Angus Wolfe Murray Cover: illustration by Philip Castle Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,929	Main Series No.: 2,929 Title: THE MIDDLING: Chapters in the Life of Ellie Toms Author: A. L. Barker Cover: illustration by Richard Eckford Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 288pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,930	Main Series No.: 2,930 Title: THE THIRD WEDDING Author: Costas Taktsis Translated: from the Greek by Leslie Finer Cover: design by Wendy Coates-Smith Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,931	Main Series No.: 2,931 Title: A FORTUNATE MAN The Story of a Country Doctor Authors: John Berger and Jean Mohr Cover: photograph by Jean Mohr Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: 45p 9/-
Number: 2,932	Main Series No.: 2,932 Title: A HOUSE IN ORDER Author: Nigel Dennis Cover: design by Heather Mansell Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 120pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,933	Main Series No.: 2,933 Title: JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN Author: Margaret Drabble Cover: illustration by Colin Mier Type: Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,934	Main Series No.: 2,934 Title: NORWOOD Author: Charles Portis Cover: shows scene from Paramount's film 'Norwood' starring Glen Campbell Type: Fiction Date Published: March 1971 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,935	Main Series No.: 2,935 Title: COLLEGE OF ONE Author: Sheilah Graham Cover: design by John Byrne Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: November 1969 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,936	Main Series No.: 2,936 Title: OWNING-UP Author: George Melly Illustrated: by Trog Cover: drawing by Trog Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: October 1970 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 35p 7/-
Number: 2,937	Main Series No.: 2,937 Title: ALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM Author: Keith Douglas Illustrated: by the author Cover: shows detail from 'Shapes of Derelicts' by the author Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,938	Main Series No.: 2,938 Title: THE SUFFRAGE OF ELVIRA Author: V. S. Naipaul Cover: design by Omnific Type: Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,939	Main Series No.: 2,939 Title: A FLAG ON THE ISLAND Author: V. S. Naipaul Cover: design by Omnific Type: Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 216pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,940	Main Series No.: 2,940 Title: THE MIMIC MEN Author: V. S. Naipaul Cover: design by Omnific Type: Fiction Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,941	Main Series No.: 2,941 Title: THE BIG KNOCKOVER AND OTHER STORIES Author: Dashiell Hammett Edited: and with an Introduction by Lillian Hellman Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Crime Date Published: March 1970 [printed date: 1969] Pages: 416pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,942	Main Series No.: 2,942 Title: CLEAN YOUNG ENGLISHMAN Author: John Gale Cover: design by Wendy Coates-Smith Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: October 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,943	Main Series No.: 2,943 Title: A SOLDIER'S DIARY: SINAI 1967 Author: Yael Dayan Cover: design by David Pelham and Ivan Holmes, photographs by Cornell Capa Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: 1969 Pages: 144pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,944	Main Series No.: 2,944 Title: COUPLES Author: John Updike Cover: shows detail from 'Adam and Eve Sleeping' by William Blake Type: Fiction Date Published: January 1970 Pages: 514pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/- 80p
Number: 2,945	Main Series No.: 2,945 Title: PHILBY: THE SPY WHO BETRAYED A GENERATION Authors: Bruce Page, David Leitch and Phillip Knightly Introduction: by John le Carré Illustration: 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Grant Grimbly Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 336pp. + 16pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 37½p 7/6d.
Number: 2,946	Main Series No.: 2,946 Title: THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON Author: Daphne du Maurier Cover: illustration by Colin Mier Type: Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,947	Main Series No.: 2,947 Title: THE SHELTERING SKY Author: Paul Bowles Cover design: by David Pelham, photograph by Marc Leonard Type: Fiction Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,948	Main Series No.: 2,948 Title: DESTINY OF FIRE Author: Zoé Oldenbourg Translated: from the French by Peter Green Cover: shows detail depicting St. Augustine from a fifteenth century French illuminated manuscript, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Type: Fiction Date Published: September 1969 Pages: 368pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,949	Main Series No.: 2,949 Title: SLEEP NO MORE Author: George Sims Cover: design by Robert Lawrie Type: Crime Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,950	Main Series No.: 2,950 Title: SATURDAY THE RABBI WENT HUNGRY Author: Harry Kemelman Cover: design by Chris Churchill Associates Type: Crime Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,951	Main Series No.: 2,951 Title: THE BLINDER Author: Barry Hines Cover: design by Grant Grimbly Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,952	Main Series No.: 2,952 Title: A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE Author: Barry Hines Cover: design by Grant Grimbly, photograph by Humphrey Sutton Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,953	Main Series No.: 2,953 Title: THE CAPTIVE Author: Colette Translated: from the French by Antonia White Cover: design by Mervyn Kurlansky, engraving by A. Florent from 'Le Salon de la Mode 1902' Type: Fiction Date Published: August 1970 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,954	Main Series No.: 2,954 Title: NEW WRITING IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA Edited: by George Theiner Cover: design by John Sewell Type: Fiction Date Published: October 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,955	Main Series No.: 2,955 Title: THE DARIEN DISASTER Author: John Prebble Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: March 1970 Pages: 384pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,956	Main Series No.: 2,956 Title: CAPTAIN COOK, THE SEAMEN'S SEAMAN: A study of the Great Discoverer Author: Allan Villiers Illustrated: by Adrian Small Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 328pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,957	Main Series No.: 2,957 Title: THERE WAS A TIME Author: Walter Greenwood Cover: design by Leigh Taylor Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: August 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,958	Main Series No.: 2,958 Title: ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE Author: Arthur Koestler Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Fiction Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 192pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,959	Main Series No.: 2,959 Title: HEAR US O LORD FROM HEAVEN THY DWELLING PLACE Author: Malcolm Lowry Cover: illustration by George Tute Type: Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 288pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,960	Main Series No.: 2,960 Title: VOYAGE IN THE DARK Author: Jean Rhys Cover: illustration by Faith Jacques Type: Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,961	Main Series No.: 2,961 Title: GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT Author: Jean Rhys Cover: illustration by Faith Jacques Type: Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,962	Main Series No.: 2,962 Title: THE SPIKE Author: Peter Forster Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,963	Main Series No.: 2,963 Title: THE MAN ON A DONKEY Author: H. F. M. Prescott Cover: shows detail from 'St. Francis in Ecstacy' by Bellini Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 784pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 80p 16/-
Number: 2,964	Main Series No.: 2,964 Title: EXHUMATIONS: Stories, Articles, Verses Author: Christopher Isherwood Cover: design by Tony Yates, photograph by Anthony Booth Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: August 1969 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,965	Main Series No.: 2,965 Title: THE SCARCE AUSTRALIANS Author: John Yeomans Cover: no information provided Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: November 1969 Pages: 192pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,966	Main Series No.: 2,966 Title: THE CRYSTAL SPIRIT: A study of George Orwell Author: George Woodcock Cover: design by Idea Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: 1970 Pages: 290pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,967	Main Series No.: 2,967 Title: A VERY EASY DEATH Author: Simone de Beauvoir Translated: from the French by Patrick O'Brien Cover: design by Ivan Holmes, photograph by Giselle Freund Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: August 1969 Pages: 96pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,968	Main Series No.: 2,968 Title: FATHER FIGURES: A FIRST VOLUME OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1897 - 1931 Author: Kingsley Martin Cover: design by Ivan Holmes Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: October 1969 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,969	Main Series No.: 2,969 Title: THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT: History as a Novel - The Novel as History Author: Norman Mailer Cover: confrontation during the Pentagon demonstration, photograph by Marc Riboud Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: February 1970 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 37½p 7/6d.
Number: 2,970	Main Series No.: 2,970 Title: BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO Author: Harry Harrison Cover: design by Franco Grignani Type: Science Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,971	Main Series No.: 2,971 Title: NO LAUGHING MATTER Author: Angus Wilson Cover: design by Romek Marber Type: Fiction Date Published: May 1969 Pages: 480pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,972	Main Series No.: 2,972 Title: A FOOL AT THE FEAST Author: John Hale Cover: design by Dennis Bailey Type: Fiction Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 192pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,973	Main Series No.: 2,973 Title: MIAMI AND THE SIEGE OF CHICAGO: An Informal History of the American Political Conventions of 1968 Author: Norman Mailer Cover: shows Democratic Convention in Chicago, photograph by Burt Glinn/Magnum Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,974	Series No.: 2,974 THIS NUMBER (No. 2,974) WAS NOT USED. It was allocated for Once A Greek ... by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. However, this book was published as a hardback by Johnathan Cape in 1965.
Number: 2,975	Main Series No.: 2,975 Title: THE SOLID MANDALA Author: Patrick White Cover: illustration by Phillippe Poncet de la Grave Type: Fiction Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,976	Main Series No.: 2,976 Title: THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE Author: Tennessee Williams Cover: illustration by Freire Wright Type: Fiction Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 120pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,977	Main Series No.: 2,977 Title: INCUBUS Author: Giuseppe Berto Translated: from the Italian by William Weaver Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Fiction Date Published: November 1969 Pages: 384pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 50p 10/-
Number: 2,978	Main Series No.: 2,978 Title: DOLL Author: Ed McBain Cover: design by Wendy Coates-Smith Type: Crime Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,979	Main Series No.: 2,979 Title: INSPECTOR GHOTE CAUGHT IN MESHES Author: H. R. F. Keating Cover: photograph by Dennis Rolfe Type: Crime Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,980	Main Series No.: 2,980 Title: TOWARDS THE END OF THE MORNING Author: Michael Frayn Cover: illustration by Sydney King Type: Fiction Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,981	Main Series No.: 2,981 Title: LABYRINTHS Author: Jorge Luis Borges Edited: by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby Preface: by André Maurois Cover: shows detail from 'Le Havane' by Portocarrero, photograph by C. Marker Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: March 1970 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
Number: 2,982	Main Series No.: 2,982 Title: RODERICK HUDSON Author: Henry James Edited: editorial note by S. Gorley Putt Preface: by the author Cover: shows detail from 'Homage to Manet' by Sir William Orpen Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 352pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 35p 7/-
Number: 2,983	Main Series No.: 2,983 Title: CHIPS: THE DIARIES OF SIR HENRY CHANNON Edited: by Robert Rhodes James Cover: design by Ivan Holmes Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: January 1970 Pages: 608pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 75p 15/-
Number: 2,984	Main Series No.: 2,984 Title: THE NINTH PENGUIN CROSSWORD PUZZLE BOOK Compiled: by Alan Cash Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,985	Main Series No.: 2,985 Title: ON THE MARBLE CLIFFS Author: Ernst Juenger Translated: from the German by Stuart Hood Cover: shows detail from 'The Storm' by August Macke Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: August 1970 Pages: 120pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,986	Main Series No.: 2,986 Title: YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN Author: Thomas Wolfe Cover: shows detail from 'Christopher Street, Greenwich Village' by Beula Bettersworth Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: April 1970 Pages: 680pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 60p 12/-
	Main Series No.: 2,987 THIS NUMBER (No. 2,987) WAS NOT USED. It was allocated for Penguin Main Series 2,987 THE FOUR FACES by Han Suyin (Fiction), but was never issued. It was subsequently published by Panther in 1971.
Number: 2,988	Main Series No.: 2,988 Title: THE CABALS Author: Thornton Wilder Cover: no information provided; probably by David Hillman Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,989	Main Series No.: 2,989 Title: THE WOMAN OF ANDROS Author: Thornton Wilder Cover: design by David Hillman Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 80pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 15p 3/-
Number: 2,990	Main Series No.: 2,990 Title: HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION Author: Thornton Wilder Cover: design by David Hillman Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,991	Main Series No.: 2,991 Title: CARGO OF EAGLES Author: Margery Allingham Cover: design by Michael Trevithick Type: Crime Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,992	Main Series No.: 2,992 Title: THE LEGACY OF THE STIFF UPPER LIP or the Astonishing Social Hinterland of a Lapse Author: Robin Cook Cover: design by Ink Studios Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,993	Main Series No.: 2,993 Title: THE REIVERS: A Reminiscence Author: William Faulkner Cover: shows Steve McQueen in a scene from the film 'The Reivers' Type: Fiction Date Published: March 1970 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
Number: 2,994	Main Series No.: 2,994 Title: ENDERBY OUTSIDE Author: Anthony Burgess Cover: design by Head Office Type: Fiction Date Published: July 1971 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 30p
Number: 2,995	Main Series No.: 2,995 Title: THE GREENING OF AMERICA Author: Charles A. Reich Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth Type: World Affairs Date Published: 1971 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 40p
Number: 2,996	Main Series No.: 2,996 Title: THE RED PAVILLION: A Chinese detective story Author: Robert van Gulik Illustrated: with six illustrations by the author in Chinese style Cover: design by David Pelham Type: Crime Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 2,997	Main Series No.: 2,997 Title: JOURNEY DOWN A RAINBOW Authors: J. B. Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes Cover: design by David Pelham, photograph by Michael King Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: September 1969 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
Number: 2,998	Main Series No.: 2,998 Title: LITERATURE AND WESTERN MAN Author: J. B. Priestley Cover: design by David Pelham, photograph by Michael King Type: Non-Fiction Date Published: September 1969 Pages: 528pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 50p 10/-
Number: 2,999	Main Series No.: 2,999 Title: BULLITT Author: Robert L. Pike Cover: shows Steve McQueen in a scene from the film 'Bullitt' Type: Crime Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 20p 4/-
Number: 3,000	Main Series No.: 3,000 Title: ULYSSES Author: James Joyce with: Ulysses: A Short History by Richard Ellmann Cover: design by Hans Schmoller Back cover: drawing of James Joyce by Augustus John Type: Penguin Modern Classics Date Published: 23 April 1969; in association with The Bodley Head for sale in the UK 1969 Pages: 720pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 50p 10/- When Allen Lane ran The Bodley Head he wanted to publish James Joyce's Ulysses and had to personally underwite the purchase of the rights and the printing venture. In 1936, after he had founded Penguin Books, he managed to publish Ulysses, but only in hardback, and initially as a limited printing. He had wanted to publish the book in paperback but feared prosecution. Though the hardback book was a success, he was not able to save The Bodley Head from liquidation and being bought by a consortium of other publishers. In 1968 he finally acquired the British paperback rights to Ulysses, paying an advance of £75,000, then the highest in paperback history. 35 years after he first tried, he was able to publish the paperback version in Britain as Penguin no. 3,000. This he did on 23rd April 1969, the 50th Anniversary of his start in publishing at The Bodley Head. By the end of 1970, the book had sold 420,000 copies.

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