The First
The first 10 titles printed by Penguin books were “Ariel,” by Andre Maurois, “A Farewell to Arma,” by Ernest Hemingway, “Poet’s Pub,” by Eric Linklater, “Madame Claire,” by Susan Ertz, “The Unpleasantness of the Bellona Club,” by Dorothy L. Sayers, “The Murder on the Links,” by Agatha Christie, “Twentyfive,” by Beverly Nichols, “William,” by E. H. Young, “Gone to Earth,” by Mary Webb, and “Carnival,” by Compton Mackenzie. Jonathan Cape had published them all in hardback covers.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32358, 25 July 1970, Page 6
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79The First Press, Volume CX, Issue 32358, 25 July 1970, Page 6
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