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Author:John Wyndham
Title:The Kraken Wakes
Publisher:  Penguin
Country:UK
Date:1961
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:1075
Total Editions:8
First Published:  1953
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Printed 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961
5th p/b printing

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John Wyndham - The Kraken Wakes - Penguin Books Ltd - Paperback - UK (1955)

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ppint.
26th Nov 2020
 1955 first penguin books printing, first uk p/b, not first p/b edition (was ballantine books mmpb 1953) cover price 1/6 and near-identical
1956 second penguin books printing cover price 2/6 both lack any cover illustration

1958 thrid penguin books printing also lacks any cover illustration

penguin books 1960 fourth printing bears

cover art by dennis piper
cover price 2/6
printing history adds statement of fourth printing
240pp. including titles, indicia etc.

near-identical 1961 fifth penguin books printing differs:
indicia printing history adds statement of 5th printing
cover price 2/6

1962 sixth penguin books printing prob'ly near-identical with the above fifth printing, differs:
cover price 3/6

1963 seventh penguin books printing redesigned cover, printed upon a wholly orange ground, greatly expands the
cover art by dennis piper (credited)
cover price 3/6
printing history line now states
reprinted 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
240pp. including titles, indicia etc.

1964 near-identical eighth penguin books printing differs:
printing history line now states
reprinted 1958, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

1966 ninth printing differs, bearing new
cover art by john byrne (credited)
cover price 3/6
240pp. including titles, indicia etc.


...1968 tenth printing not seen recorded
...1969 eleventh printing not seen recorded

1970 twelfth penguin books printing bears redesigned cover, with largely light blue ground bearing new
sbn 14.00.1705.4 (apparently in error for 14.00.1075.0)
cover art by harry willock (credited on back cover)
cover price 25p 5/-, south africa R0.60, australia $0.85, new zealand $0.75, canada $1.15

1970 near-identical thirteenth penguin books printing differs:
sbn 14.00.1075.0
printing history now states
published in penguin books 1955; reprinted 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (twice)

1972 fourteenth penguin books printing not seen/seen reported

1973 near-identical fifteenth penguin books printing differs:
cover price 30p (? overseas territories prices ?)

1974 near-identical sixteenth penguin books printing still
cover price 30p (? overseas territories prices ?)
distinguish by reference to printing history

second 1974 near-identical seventeenth penguin books printing
distinguish by reference to printing history

1975 near-identical eighteenth penguin books printing differs:
cover price 50p (? overseas territories prices ?)

..1976 nineteenth penguin books printing not seen/seen reported
...1977 twentieth penguin books printing not seen/seen reported

1979 near-identical 21st penguin books printing differs:
cover price 95p (? overseas territories prices ?)

1980 twenty-second penguin books printing not seen/seen reported
1981 twenty-third penguin books printing not seen/seen reported

1982 twenty-fourth penguin books printing bears redesigned cover,
cover art by peter lord (credited on back cover)
cover price £1.50, australia $3.95 (recommended)
printing history line now states
published in penguin books 1955. reprinted 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 (twice), 1972, 1973, 1974 (twice), 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

1983 near-identical twenty-fifth penguin books printing differs:
cover price £1.50 (? overseas territories prices ?)
adds (19)83 to indicia reprintings line

..?
...?

1987 ?th penguin books printing only very incompletely reported
cover price £2.50

19?? (undated) twenty-ninth penguin books printing differs:
cover art by mark salwowski
printing history number line states 29 30
cover price £2.99, australia $8.99, new zealand $12.99

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2000 thirty-fifth penguin books printing
cover art by spencer wilson
cover price £5.99
240pp. including titles, indicia etc.
so still from the 1955 penguin books printing typesetting - presumably on film by now

...

2008 ?th penguin books printing, now photographically blown up to b-format° with new
isbn 0-14-103299-5
isbn13 978-014-103299-3
cover art by brian cronin (may be credited) (attribution from the art of penguin sf website)
cover price £8.99, canada $16.00
240pp. including titles, indicia etc.
° so still from the 1955 penguin books printing typesetting - *must* be on film by now.
 

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