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A900	Series No.: A900 Title: THE EXPERIENCE OF CHILDBIRTH Author: Sheila Kitzinger Illustration: 4 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: photograph of mother and newborn by Christopher Barker Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 256pp. + 4pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 6/-
A901	Series No.: A901 Title: PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD ECONOMY Author: Richard Bailey Cover: design by Brian Mayers Date Published: September 1967 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d
A902	Series No.: A902 Title: THE NEW POETIC: YEATS TO ELIOT Author: C. K. Stead Cover: design by Germano Facetti Date Published: August 1967 Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
A903	Series No.: A903 Title: THE RAILWAY NAVVIES: A history of the men who made the railways Author: Terry Coleman Illustration: 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: shows "Working Shaft - Kilsby Tunnel, 8th July 1837" from a lithograph published by J. C. Bourne, London Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 256pp. + 16pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A904	Series No.: A904 Title: THE PELICAN HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY Author: Robert Thomson Foreword: by B. M. Foss Cover: shows names and portraits of 10 founder figures Date Published: April 1968 Pages: 464pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A905	Series No.: A905 Title: THE ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION Author: S. Handel Illustrated: by C. Misstear Cover: no information provided Date Published: October 1967 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
A906	Series No.: A906 Title: THE NEW RADICALS: A report with documents, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Author: Paul Jacobs and Saul Landau Cover: design by Philip Smythe Date Published: June 1967 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A907	Series No.: A907 Title: POLITICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Author: W. J. M. Mackenzie Advisory Editor: J. Blondel Cover: design by Keith Potts Date Published: August 1967 Pages: 430pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A908	Series No.: A908 Title: KEYNES AND AFTER Author: Michael Stewart Cover: design by Bruce Robertson including a caricature of Keynes by David Low from The New Statesman Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
A909	Series No.: A909 Title: EUROPE: GRANDEUR AND DECLINE Author: A. J. P. Taylor Cover: illustration by Bruce Robertson shows frontiers of Germany at various points in the last century and a half Date Published: October 1967 Pages: 384pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A910	Series No.: A910 Title: EQUITABLE PAYMENT: A general theory of work, differential payment, and individual progress Author: Elliott Jacques Cover: design by Alan Spain Date Published: October 1967 Pages: 384pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A911	Series No.: A911 Title: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE Author: Carl Ivar Sandström Editorial Foreword: by C. A. Mace Translated: by Albert Read Cover illustration: photograph by Roger Mayne Date Published: February 1968 Pages: 260pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A912	Series No.: A912 Title: TABOO Author: Franz Baermann Steiner Edited: from author's notes by Laura Bohannan Preface: by Preface E. Evans-Pritchard Cover: photograph by Luc Joubert (Snark International) Date Published: October 1967 Pages: 158pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
A913	Series No.: A913 Title: VERWOERD Author: Alexander Hepple Cover: photograph by Neville Clayton, Camera Press, London Date Published: September 1967 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 6/-
A914	Series No.: A914 Title: EARLY RENAISSANCE Author: Michael Levey Illustration: contains 111 illustrations within text Cover: design by by Gerald Cinamon, shows: front, a detail from Donatello's Cupid-Atys (photo R. Bencini-Hamlyn), back "Estienne Chevalier and St Stephen" by Jean Fouque Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Jarrold and Sons Ltd Price: 12/6d.
A915	Series No.: A915 Title: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO Authors: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Introduction: by A. J. P. Taylor Cover: design by Freda Morris Date Published: September 1967 Pages: 128pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
A916	Series No.: A916 Title: TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION Author: Harry Kay, Bernard Dodd and Max Sime Cover: illustrated by Mel Calman and Graham Bishop Date Published: February 1968 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
A917	Series No.: A917 Title: WORK (Twenty Personal Accounts) Edited: by Ronald Fraser Cover: design by Patrick McCreeth Date Published: January 1968 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
A918	Series No.: A918 Title: THE RACE WAR: THE WORLD-WIDE CONFLICT OF RACES Author: Ronald Segal Cover: design by Germano Facetti Date Published: 1967 Pages: 464pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A919	Series No.: A919 Title: THOUGHT REFORM AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TOTALISM: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China Cover: design by Henning Boehlke Author: Robert Jay Lifton Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 592pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 8/6d.
A920	Series No.: A920 Title: THE NEW SCIENCE OF STRONG MATERIALS (or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor) Author: James Edward Gordon Illustration: 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Mel Calman and Graham Bishop Date Published: January 1968 Pages: 272pp. + 16pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 6/-
A921	Series No.: A921 Title: INTRODUCTION TO MORAL EDUCATION Author: John Wilson, Norman Williams and Barry Sugarman Cover: *shows detail from Adam and Eve in Paradise* from a 17th century wood carving (photo Rodney Todd-White) Date Published: February 1968 [printed date: 1967] Pages: 464pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.**
A922	Series No.: A922 Title: CHINA READINGS 1: IMPERIAL CHINA; The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Edited: and annotated, and with an introduction by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell Cover: design by Alan Spain Date Published: September 1968 [printed date: 1967] Pages: 300pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A923	Series No.: A923 Title: CHINA READINGS 2: REPUBLICAN CHINA Nationalism, War, and the Rise of Communism 1911 - 1949 Edited: and annotated, and with an introduction by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell Cover: design by Alan Spain, shows Chinese postage stamps Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 400pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A924	Series No.: A924 Title: CHINA READINGS 3: COMMUNIST CHINA: Revolutionary Reconstruction and International Confrontation 1949 to the Present Edited: and annotated, and with an introduction by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell Cover: design by Alan Spain Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 654pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 8/6d.
A925	Series No.: A925 Title: EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOUR Author: Peter McKellar Foreword: by C. A. Mace Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth, photograph by Nelson Christmas Date Published: March 1968 Pages: 432pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A926	Series No.: A926 Title: WORDS AND THINGS Author: Ernest Gellner Introduction: by Bertrand Russell Cover: design by Alan Spain Date Published: February 1968 Pages: 304pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A927	Series No.: A927 Title: A HUNDRED YEARS OF PHILOSOPHY Author: John Passmore Cover: design by Nick Sutton, showing names of 12 philosophers Date Published: August 1968 Pages: 640pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 10/-
A928	Series No.: A928 Title: THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Author: Robin Davis Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 288pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
A929	Series No.: A929 Title: THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD Author: Martin Esslin Cover: design by Lou Klein Date Published: March 1968 Pages: 464pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 8/6d.
A930	Series No.: A930 Title: HUMANISM Author: H. J. Blackham Cover: design by Henning Boehlke Date Published: March 1968 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 5/-
A931	Series No.: A931 Title: US: THE CITY OF MAN - Prophecies of a World Civilization in Twentieth Century Thought Author: W. Warren Wagar Cover: design by George Klauber Date Published: October 1967 (American Edition only) Pages: 312pp. Printer: in U.S.A. Price: $1.65
A932	Series No.: A932 Title: CORPORATE STRATEGY: AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO BUSINESS POLICY FOR GROWTH AND EXPANSION Author: H. Igor Ansoff Cover: design by Don Mason Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
A933	Series No.: A933 Title: A PARENTS' GUIDE TO EDUCATION Author: E. B. Castle Cover: design by Bruce Robertson Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
A934	Series No.: A934 Title: THE GENESIS OF MODERN MANAGEMENT: A Study of the Industrial Revolution In Great Britain Author: Sidney Pollard Cover: design by Don Mason Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 400pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 42½p 8/6d.
A935	Series No.: A935 Title: THE ART OF AUSTRALIA Author: Robert Hughes Illustration: 8 pages of colour photographic plates, and in text Book design: by Gerald Cinamon Cover: shows detail from 'Christie and Hectorina McLennan' by Brett Whiteley (Marlborough Fine Art Ltd) Date Published: 1970 Pages: 336pp. + 8pp. Printer: Fletcher and Son Ltd Price: £1.05 (Australia $3.60)
A936	Series No.: A936 Title: IMPERIALISM AND REVOLUTION Author: David Horowitz Cover: design by Germano Facetti incorporates a Cuban woodcut by Carmito Date Published: 1971 Pages: 274pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 40p
A937	Series No.: A937 Title: PSYCHOANALYSIS OBSERVED Authors: Geoffrey Gorer, Anthony Storr, John Wren-Lewis and Peter Lomas; Edited: and with an introduction by Charles Rycroft Cover: design by Nicholas Sutton Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
A938	Series No.: A938 Title: THE AUSTRALIAN - AMERICAN ALLIANCE: Costs and Benefits Author: H. G. Gelber Cover: design by Ian Escott Date Published: July 1968 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 5/- Also published in Australia as 'AU22'
A939	Series No.: A939 Title: SEX IN THE MOVIES: THE CELLULOID SACRIFICE Author: Alexander Walker Illustration: 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover illustration: shows a scene with Macha Meril from Jean-Luc Goddard's 'Une Femme Mariée' Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 35p 7/-
A940	Series No.: A940 Title: SUMMERHILL Author: A. S. Neill Cover: shows photograph of A. S. Neill by Chris Barker Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 336pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 35p 7/-
A941	Series No.: A941 Title: THE INNOVATORS: THE ECONOMICS OF TECHNOLOGY Author: Michael Shanks Cover: design by Mel Calman and Graham Bishop Date Published: September 1967 Pages: 300pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
A942	Series No.: A942 Title: THE HISTORY OF MAN From the First Human to Primitive Culture and Beyond Author: Carleton S. Coon Illustration: 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates and 64 illustrations in text Cover: photograph by Denis Rolfe, models by Maurice Wilson Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 464pp. + 32pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 10/6d.
A943	Series No.: A943 Title: LEARNING TO PHILOSOPHIZE Author: E. R. Emmet Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth Date Published: February 1968 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
A944	Series No.: A944 Title: VICTORIAN CITIES Author: Asa Briggs Cover: shows detail from St Pancras Station from the Pentonville Road by John O'Connor Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 416pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d.
A945	Series No.: A945 Title: THE NAMELESS: ABORTION IN BRITAIN TODAY Author: Paul Ferris Cover: design by Patrick McCreeth Date Published: February 1968 [printed date: 1967] Pages: 140pp. Printer: Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
A946	Series No.: A946 Title: THE CAPTIVE WIFE: CONFLICTS OF HOUSEBOUND MOTHERS Author: Hannah Gavron Cover: design and photo by Graham Bishop Date Published: June 1968 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 5/-
A947	Series No.: A947 Title: THE THEORY OF THE MODERN STAGE - An Introduction to Modern Theatre and Drama Edited: by Eric Bentley Cover: shows pages from the prompt book of Bethlehem 1902 by Edward Gordon Craig (photo Rodney Todd-White) and a project for a stage set by Appia (Snark International); Date Published: June 1968 Pages: 496pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 10/-
A948	Series No.: A948 Title: LANDMARKS IN GREEK LITERATURE Author: C. M. Bowre Illustration: 16 pages of photographic plates Cover: shows a Greek bronze in the British Museum, incised with a picture of a discus thrower (photograph by John Smith) Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 352pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 10/-
A949	Series No.: A949 Title: THE TRUE WILDERNESS Author: Harry Abbott Williams Cover: shows detail from Dürer's woodcut "Christ on the Mount of Olives" Date Published: March 1968 Pages: 156pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d.
A950	Series No.: A950 Title: THE BIRTH OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION: INDIA AND PAKISTAN BEFORE 500 BC Authors: Bridget and Raymond Allchin Illustration: 32 pages of photographic plates Cover: cover shows the painted lid of a vessel from the Harappa Cemetery, by courtesy of the National Museum, New Delhi (photograph by Darshan Lall) Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 368pp. + 32pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 10/-
A951	Series No.: A951 Title: URBAN CHOICES: THE CITY AND ITS CRITICS Author: Roger Starr Cover: design by George Klauber Date Published: October 1967 (American Edition only) Pages: 284pp. Printer: in U.S.A. Price: $1.45
A952	Series No.: A952 Title: GOD IS NO MORE Authors: Werner and Lotte Pelz Foreword: by Edward Carpenter, Canon of Westminster Cover: no information provided Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 172pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
A953	Series No.: A953 Title: A REAPPRAISAL OF MARXIAN ECONOMICS Author: Murray Wolfson Cover: design by George Klauber Date Published: April 1968 (American Edition only) Pages: 232pp. Printer: Printed in the USA Price: $1.45 Image courtesy of Paul Lickiss
A954	Series No.: A954 Title: MONOPOLY CAPITAL: AN ESSAY ON THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ORDER Cover: design by Bruce Robertson, shows histogram of the dollar assets of the ten largest American companies compared with gold and dollar reserves of selected countries for 1966 Authors: Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 400pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 8/6d.
A955	Series No.: A955 Title: THE NEW THEOLOGIAN Author: Ved Mehta Cover: design by Stuart Flanagan Date Published: July 1968 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
A956	Series No.: A956 Title: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY IN PRACTICE (The Idea of the Therapeutic Community) Author: Maxwell Jones Cover: design by Patrick McCreeth Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 192pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
A957	Series No.: A957 Title: RADICAL THEOLOGY AND THE DEATH OF GOD Authors: Thomas J. J. Altizer and William Hamilton Cover: design by Henning Boehlke Date Published: May 1968 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
A958	Series No.: A958 Title: INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: SOCIAL SCIENCES IN MANAGEMENT Edited: by Denis Pym Cover: design by Bruce Robertson Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 464pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 50p 10/-
A959	Series No.: A959 Title: MAIN CURRENTS IN SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT VOL. 1: Montesquieu, Comte, Marx, Tocqueville, The Sociologists and the Revolution of 1848 Author: Raymond Aron Translated: from the French by Richard Howard and Helen Weaver Cover: design by Don Mason Date Published: April 1968 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
A960	Series No.: A960 Title: BRITAIN ON BORROWED TIME Authors: Glyn Jones and Michael Barnes Cover: design by Robert Hollingsworth Date Published: November 1967 Pages: 352pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 6/-
A961	Series No.: A961 Title: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE Author: Sister Edna Mary Cover: photograph of convent by Corbusier, Lucien Hervé (Snark International) Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 6/-
A962	Series No.: A962 Title: THE UNIVERSITIES Author: Vivian H. H. Green Cover: design by Germano Facetti incorporates the Arms of the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Sheffield and Oxford Date Published: October 1969 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 40p 8/-
A963	Series No.: A963 Title: THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Author: Esther Moir Cover: design by Germao Facetti incorporates seals from legal documents by permission of the Lord Chancellor Date Published: October 1969 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
A964	Series No.: A964 Title: THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Edited: by Timothy Raison Cover: design by Bruce Robertson Date Published: January 1969 Pages: 240pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
A965	Series No.: A965 Title: LIFE IN A SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL Author: John Partridge Cover: design by Patrick McCreeth Date Published: February 1968 Pages: 208pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 4/6d.
A966	Series No.: A966 Title: CHARTRES Author: George Henderson Illustration: includes 83 black-and-white photographic plates in text Cover: shows detail of Chartres Cathedral: front - the North Portal; back - flying buttresses of the nave, photographs by Eric de Maré, design and text by Gerald Cinamon Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 170pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 60p 12/-
A967	Series No.: A967 Title: A QUARTER OF MANKIND: AN ANATOMY OF CHINA TODAY Author: Dick Wilson Cover: design by Bruce Robertson Date Published: August 1968 Pages: 336pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A968	Series No.: A968 Title: MATHEMATICS AND THE IMAGINATION Authors: Edward Kasner and James Newman Illustrated: with drawings and diagrams by Rufus Isaacs Cover: design by Briggs and McLaren Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A969	Series No.: A969 Title: REVOLUTION IN OPTICS Author: Samuel Tolansky Illustration: 12 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Samuel Tolansky Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 224pp. + 12pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 7/-
A970	Series No.: A970 Title: THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR Author: Hugh Thomas Illustration: 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Ian Escott Date Published: August 1968 Pages: 912pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 15/- Previously published in March 1965 as no. 2146
A971	Series No.: A971 Title: THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG PEOPLE Author: Michael Schofield (in collaboration with John Bynner, Patricia Lewis, and Peter Massie) Cover: design by Chris Barker Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
A972	Series No.: A972 Title: THE SLEEPWALKERS: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe Author: Arthur Koestler Introduction: by Herbert Butterfield Cover: shows detail from Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' Date Published: July 1968 Pages: 624pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 10/- Previously published in August 1964 as no. 2148
A973	Series No.: A973 Title: A BOOK OF SCRIPTS Author: Alfred Fairbank Illustration: 88 pages of photographic plates Cover: design from original King Penguin by Jan Tschichold, adapted from Juan de Yciar, 1547. Date Published: February 1969 [printed date: 1968] Pages: 46pp. + 88pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 50p 10/- Previously published in November 1949 in the 'King Penguin' series as no. K48
A974	Series No.: A974 Title: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PLAY Author: Susanna Millar Cover: design by Mel Caman and Graham Bishop Date Published: August 1968 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
A975	Series No.: A975 Title: THE SECULAR CITY: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective Author: Harvey Cox Cover: design by Graham Bishop Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 30p 6/-
A976	Series No.: A976 Title: PLENTY AND WANT: A Social History of Diet in England from 1815 to the Present Day Author: John Burnett Illustration: 12 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Bruce Robertson Date Published: August 1968 Pages: 368pp. + 12pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 10/-
A977	Series No.: A977 Title: THE AUSTRALIAN AND THE LAW Author: Geoffrey Sawer Cover: design by John Sewell Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A978	Series No.: A978 Title: NEO-CLASSICISM Author: Hugh Honour Illustration: 109 illustrations in text Cover: design by Gerald Cinamon, front cover shows "Death of Marat" by Jaques-Louis David in the Royal Museum Brussels; rear shows design for a monument to Isaac Newton by Etienne-Louis Boullée Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 222pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 60p 12/-
A979	Series No.: A979 Title: THE NAVY Author: Oliver Warner Illustration: 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: shows detail from 'Trafalgar' engraving by John Hall after John Thomas Serres (photograph by Rodney Todd-White) and a photograph of HMS Hermes (Crown copyright) Date Published: August 1968 Pages: 224pp. + 32pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 7/6d.
A980	Series No.: A980 THIS NUMBER (No. A980) WAS NOT USED. It was allocated for Pelican A980 The Rites of Passage by Arnold van Gennep, but was never issued in the Series.
A981	Series No.: A981 Title: ASIAN DRAMA: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE POVERY OF NATIONS VOL. 1 Author: Gunnar Myrdal Date Published: January 1969 [printed date: 1968] Pages: 736pp. Printer: The Colonial Press, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA Price: 25/-
A982	Series No.: A982 Title: ASIAN DRAMA: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE POVERY OF NATIONS VOL. 2 Author: Gunnar Myrdal Date Published: January 1969 [printed date: 1968] Pages: 838pp. Printer: The Colonial Press, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA Price: 25/-
A983	Series No.: A983 Title: ASIAN DRAMA: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE POVERY OF NATIONS VOL. 3 Author: Gunnar Myrdal Date Published: January 1969 [printed date: 1968] Pages: 770pp. Printer: The Colonial Press, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA Price: 25/-
A984	Series No.: A984 Title: MACMILLAN: A STUDY IN AMBIGUITY Author: Anthony Sampson Cover: photograph by Roger Mayne Date Published: July 1968 Pages: 272pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 6/-
A985	Series No.: A985 Title: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Author: Peter Nathan Illustration: 8 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Bruce Robertson Date Published: March 1969 Pages: 400pp. + 8pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 6/-
A986	Series No.: A986 Title: ONE MILLION VOLUNTEERS: THE STORY OF VOLUNTEER YOUTH SERVICE Author: Arthur Gillette Cover: shows photograph of volunteers working on a building site (copyright Unesco/A Gillette) Date Published: June 1968 Pages: 258pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 6/-
A987	Series No.: A987 Title: THE ANATOMY OF JUDGEMENT: An investigation into the processes of perception and reasoning Author: M. L. Johnson Abercrombie Illustration: 6 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover: design by Patrick McCreeth Date Published: June 1969 Pages: 192pp. + 6pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
A988	Series No.: A988 Title: ON ESCALATION: METAPHORS AND SCENARIOS Author: Herman Kahn Cover: design by George Klauber Date Published: April 1968 (American Edition only) Pages: 336pp. Printer: Printed in the USA Price: $1.65 Image courtesy of Paul Lickiss
A989	Series No.: A989 Title: BLACK POWER U.S.A.: THE HUMAN SIDE OF RECONSTRUCTION 1867-1877 Author: Lerone Bennett Jnr Cover: design by George Klauber/Blumenstock Date Published: June 1969 (American Edition only) Pages: 440pp. Printer: Printed in the USA Price: $1.95 Image courtesy of Paul Lickiss
A990	Series No.: A990 Title: THE SECULAR MEANING OF THE GOSPEL: Based on an Analysis of its Language Author: Paul M. Van Buren Cover: design by Romek Marber Date Published: November 1968 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
A991	Series No.: A991 Title: GENERATION ON TRIAL: U.S.A. vs. Alger Hiss Author: Alistair Cooke Cover: design by George Klauber Date Published: September 1968 (American Edition only) Pages: 372pp. Printer: Printed in the USA Price: $1.95 Image courtesy of Paul Lickiss
A992	Series No.: A992 Title: LATER LIFE: GERIATRICS TODAY AND TOMORROW Author: Ivor Felstein Cover: design by Graham Bishop and Mel Calman Date Published: April 1969 Pages: 144pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 20p 4/- Image courtesy of Paul Lickiss
A993	Series No.: A993 Title: THE SAFETY OF THE UNBORN CHILD Author: Geoffrey Chamberlain Illustration: 12 pages of photographic plates Cover: *shows foetus in utero* by Leonardo da Vinci Date Published: November 1969 Pages: 184pp. + 12pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 30p 6/-**
A994	Series No.: A994 Title: SCIENCE IN HISTORY, VOL. 1: THE EMERGENCE OF SCIENCE Author: J. D. Bernal Cover: design by Gerald Cinamon, cover shows a detail from Egyptian tombs in El Amarna (photograph by Eric Lessing, Magnum Photos) Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 388pp. Printer: Taylor Garnett Evans and Co Price: £1.00 20/-
A995	Series No.: A995 Title: SCIENCE IN HISTORY, VOL. 2: THE SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Author: J. D. Bernal Cover: design by Gerald Cinamon, cover shows laboratory equipment used by Louis Paseur, in the Pasteur Institute, Paris (Snark Interantional) Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 352pp. Printer: Taylor Garnett Evans and Co Price: £1.00 20/-
A996	Series No.: A996 Title: SCIENCE IN HISTORY, VOL. 3: THE NATURAL SCIENCES IN OUR TIME Author: J. D. Bernal Cover: design by Gerald Cinamon, cover shows the main control room of Nimrod, the proton synchrotron at the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory (photograph by Chris Barker) Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: £1.00 20/-
A997	Series No.: A997 Title: SCIENCE IN HISTORY, VOL. 4: THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: CONCLUSION Author: J. D. Bernal Cover: design by Gerald Cinamon, cover shows a pair of 275kv. tension insulators in position, courtesy of the CEGB Date Published: February 1969 Pages: 344pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: £1.00 20/-
A998	Series No.: A998 Title: STIGMA: NOTES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPOILED IDENTITY Author: Erving Goffman Cover design: by Briggs and McLaren Date Published: October 1968 Pages: 176pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 25p 5/-
A999	Series No.: A999 Title: REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION? Armed Struggle and Political Struggle in Latin America Author: Régis Debray Foreword: by Leo Huberman and Paul M. Sweezy Translated: from French and Spanish by Bobbye Ortiz Cover: no information provided Date Published: April 1968 Pages: 128pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
A1,000	Series No.: A1,000 Title: THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS Author: E. P. Thompson Cover illustration: *shows a collier from Costumes of Yorkshire, 1814, by G. Walker; photo by John Freeman (British Museum)* Date Published: September 1968 Pages: 960pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 18/- This book was specially chosen to be published as the thousandth Pelican. "probably the greatest and most imaginative post-war work of English social history."

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