Paperback

The Sleeping Bride (1962)

Dorothy Eden · Penguin, London · Updated 24 Oct 2026

Publisher Penguin Year 1962

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Who published The Sleeping Bride 1962 paperback?: Penguin, London, in 1962, in paperback.

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How Penguin marked its first editions

The first 80 Penguins, issued up to January 1937, carry "The Bodley Head" on the front cover; the name was dropped from No. 81, published in March 1937. A copy of Nos 1 to 80 without it was printed later and is not a first Penguin printing.
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Most early Penguins reprint books already published in hardback by other houses, under rights Penguin bought. Such a copy is a first Penguin impression, not the first edition of the text.

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