Postcards From Penguin by Penguin - 9780141044668

Name: Postcards From Penguin by Penguin - 9780141044668
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

Postcards From Penguin100 Book Jackets in One Box\nAuthor(s): Penguin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Penguin Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780141044668, 978-0141044668\nSynopsis\nA collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, here are over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box.\n\nIn 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to London. His disappointment at the poor range of paperbacks on offer led him to found Penguin Books. The quality paperback had arrived.\n\nDeclaring that 'good design is no more expensive than bad', Lane was adamant that his Penguin paperbacks should cost no more than a packet of cigarettes, but that they should always look distinctive. \n\nEver since then, from their original - now world-famous - look featuring three bold horizontal stripes, through many different stylish, inv.