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Maigret in Omnibus editions

( "Maigret" is abbreviated to "M" in titles below)

The Penguin paperback "Simenon Omnibus" editions, 1-14.
First published between 1970 and 1979.
The covers show the titles as "Simenon First Omnibus," etc.
Title pages show the titles as "The First Simenon Omnibus," etc.
Each volume contains three titles, one or two Maigrets:

Simenon Omnibus

#	year	titles	ISBN	pp
1	1970	M and the Nahour Case The Neighbors Monsieur Monde Vanishes	014-003104-7	365
2	1970	M's Pickpocket The Patience of M The Accomplices	014-003185-5	382
3	1971	M Has Doubts M and the Minister The Old Man Dies	014-003324-6	366
4	1971	M and the Headless Corpse The Man with the Little Dog The Little Saint	014-003337-8	430
5	1972	M's Boyhood Friend Big Bob November	014-003432-3	400
6	1972	M and the Wine Merchant The Prison The Rich Man	014-003542-7	426
7	1974	M and the Killer M Takes the Waters The Confessional	014-003838-8	395
8	1975	M and the Flea M Hesitates Teddy Bear	014-003897-3	395
9	1976	M and Monsieur Charles The Disappearance of Odile The Cat	014-003980-5	380
10	1976	M and the Madwoman The Glass Cage The Man on the Bench in the Barn	014-003668-7	412
11	1977	M and the Millionaires The Venice Train The Innocents	014-004248-2	382
12	1977	M and the Gangsters M and the Dosser The Magician	014-004431-0	410
13	1978	M and the Man on the Boulevard M and the Loner The Others	014-004511-2	415
14	1979	M and the Black Sheep M and the Spinster Betty	014-004675-5	384

Penguin published a further series (1981-85), only identified by one of the titles, usually (except for M and the Ghost) the first:

1981	Maigret's Christmas (9 short stories, first published by Hamish Hamilton, 1976)	0-14-004931-2	436
1982	M & the Hotel Majestic Three Beds in Manhattan M & the Ghost	0-14-004676-3	393
1983	M in Exile M & the Toy Village Four Days in a Lifetime	0-14-005160-0	379
1983	M at the Crossroads M Stonewalled M Mystified	0-14-006652-7	318
1983	M Meets a Milord M & the Hundred Gibbets M & the Enigmatic Lett	0-14-006651-9	388
1984	M's Pipe (18 short stories, first published by Hamish Hamilton, 1977)	0-14-004930-4	330
1985	M's Rival The Night-Club M in New York	0-14-005468-5	382

The Hamish Hamilton (London) hardcover "Maigret Omnibus" series.
#1-6, first published between 1962 and 1975.

Maigret Omnibus

#	year	name	titles	pp
1	1962	A Maigret Omnibus (reprinted in US as Five Times Maigret, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964)	M and the Reluctant Witnesses M Goes to School M Has Scruples M in Montmartre M's Mistake	528
	1963	A Maigret Omnibus London, The Companion Book Club	M right and wrong: (M in Montmartre & M's Mistake) M has scruples M and the reluctant witnesses M goes to school	525
2	1964	The Second Maigret Omnibus	M and the Old Lady M and the Young Girl M Takes a Room M's First Case M's Little Joke	528
3	1969	Maigret Triumphant: A Third Maigret Omnibus	M & the Burglar's Wife M's Revolver My Friend M M in Court M Afraid	508
4	1972	A Maigret Quartet	M & the Lazy Burglar M in Society M's Failure M's Special Murder	416
5	1973	Maigret: A Fifth Omnibus	Madame M's Friend M on the Defensive M Takes the Waters The Patience of M	411
6	1975	Maigret Victorious: A Sixth Omnibus	M's Memoirs M and the Headless Corpse M and the Saturday Caller	288

#		year	name	titles	pp
1		1983 1992	Maigret - omnibus edition 1983 Hamish Hamilton (London) 1992 Book Club Associates, by arrangement with Hamish Hamilton. 400pp. (ISBN: 0241132274).	The Patience of M M and the Burglar's Wife M Goes To School M and the Mad Woman M on Home Ground M Sets A Trap	400

Two Hamish Hamilton (London) Simenon Omnibuses, which don't contain Maigrets:

#	year	name	titles	pp
1	1965	A Simenon Omnibus	Mr. Hire's Engagement The Little Man from Archangel In Case of Emergency Sunday The Premier
2	1974	Simenon: The Second Omnibus	Chez Krull The Heart of a Man Striptease The Widower	480

Harcourt, Brace & World (New York):
Simenon: An American Omnibus, 1967 500 pp, no Maigrets:

#	year	name	titles	pages
1	1967	Simenon: An American Omnibus	The Hitchhiker Belle The Watchmaker The Brothers Rico	500

Thanks to Richard Thomas and Brian Monckton for parts of the above information.

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