1934-1959 76 Vols A Complete Set of King Penguin Reference Books

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original pictorial hardback bindings, with many complete in their original unclipped or clipped dust wrappers.

A comprehensive collection of seventy-five volumes from the celebrated King Penguin series (1934–1959), published by Penguin Books.

Notably, fifty-two of the titles are first editions, with the remainder being early or revised reprints.

Thirty-five copies are complete with their original dust wrappers, seventeen of which are price clipped.

The set includes: 

Fishes of Britain’s Rivers and Lakes, by J. R. Norman (1934).

British Birds on Lake, River and Stream, by Phyllis Barclay-Smith (1939).

A Book of Roses, by J. Ramsbottom (1939).

Portraits of Christ, by Ernst Kitzinger and Elizabeth Senior (1940).

Caricature, by E. H. Gombrich (1940).

A Book of Ships, by Charles Mitchell (1941).

A Book of Lillies, by Fred Stoker (1943).

The Poets’ Corner, by Max Beerbohm, with an introduction by John Rothenstein (1943).

British Shells, by F. Martin Duncan (1943).

Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900, by James Laver (1943).

The Microcosm of London, by T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin (1943).

Elizabethan Miniatures, by Carl Winter (1943).

Some British Moths, by Norman Riley (1944).

Children as Artists, by R. M. Tomlinson (1944).

Seashore Life and Pattern, by T. A. Stephenson (1944).

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, by Charles Dickens (1946).

Flowers of Marsh and Stream, by Iolo A. Williams (1946).

A Book of Toys, by Gwen White (1946).

Ur: The First Phases, by Leonard Woolley (1946).

Heraldry in England, by Anthony Wagner (1946). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

The Leaves of Southwell, by Nikolaus Pevsner (1945).

Birds of the Sea, by R. M. Lockley (1945).

Poisonous Fungi, by John Ramsbottom (1945).

Popular English Art, by Noel Carrington and Clarke Hutton (1945).

English Ballet, by Janey Leeper (1945). The second, revised edition.

Flowers of the Woods, by E. J. Salisbury (1946).

English Book Illustration 1800–1900, by Philip James (1947).

Russian Icons, by David Talbot Rice (1947).

A Book of Spiders, by W. S. Bristowe (1947).

The English Tradition in Design, by John Gloag (1947).

Compliments of the Seasons, by L. D. Ettlinger and R. G. Holloway (1947).

A Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick, by John Rayner (1947).

A Book of English Clocks, by R. W. Symonds (1947).

Wild Flowers of the Chalk, by John Gilmour (1947).

Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre, by Janet Leeper (1948).

Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer, by (1948).

Some British Beetles, by Geoffrey Taylor (1948).

British Military Uniforms, by James Laver (1948).

Highland Dress, by George F. Collie (1948).

Popular Art in the United States, by (1948).

A Prospect of Wales, by Kenneth Rowntree and Gwyn Jones (1948).

Early British Railways, by Christian Barman (1950). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Greek Terracottas, by T. B. K. Webster (1950). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Flowers of the Meadow, by Geoffrey Grigson (1950). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Romey Marsh, by John Piper (1950). With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

The Isle of Wight, by Barbara Jones (1950). With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Mosses, by Paul Richards (1950). With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Tulipomania, by Wilfrid Blunt (1950). Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

A Book of Scripts, by Alfred Fairbank (1950). Reprint. With the original clipped dust wrapper.

A Book of Ducks, by Phyllis Barclay-Smith (1951). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

An Atlas of Tudor England and Wales, by E. G. R. Taylor (1951). With the original clipped dust wrapper, with the original price obscured.

Ackermann’s Cambridge, by Reginald Ross Williamson (1951).

British Butterflies, by E. B. Ford (1951). Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Garden Birds (1952). Reprint. With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Mountain Birds, by R. A. H. Coombes (1952). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Birds of La Plata, by W. H. Hudson, with notes by W. H. Hudson (1952). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Semi-Precious Stones, by Arthur Smith and N. Wooster (1952). With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

A Book of Greek Coins, by Charles Seltman (1952). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

The Crown Jewels, by Oliver Warner (1951).

The Bayeux Tapestry, by Eric Maclagan (1953). Reprinted and revised. This copy is complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Animals in Staffordshire Pottery, by Bernard Rackham (1953).

Magic Books from Mexico, by C. A. Burland (1953). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral, by C. J. P. Cave (1953). With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Ackermann’s Oxford, with notes by H. M. Colvin (1954). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Misericords, by M. D. Anderson (1954). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Egyptian Paintings, by Nina M. Davies (1954). Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

The Diverting History of John Gilpin, by William Cowper (1954). Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Woodland Birds, by Phyllis Barclay-Smith (1955). With the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Cricket, by John Arlott (1955). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

Monumental Brasses, by James Mann (1957). With the original clipped dust wrapper.

The Sculpture of the Parthenon (1959). Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.