In this photograph, from left to right, are Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, stars in the forthcoming film of "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning". Alan Sillitoe, author of the book, and Aubrey Forshaw, of Pan Books, at a cocktail party held last week to celebrate the publication of the book in a Pan edition.

Pan report that the first printing of 150,000 copies - the largest first printing of any Pan book this year - and also the 50,000 reprint are already sold out. A large reprint now in hand should be available early in October