Twenty Five Penguin Years: Penguins Progress 1935-1960
This book was produced to celebrate Penguin Book's 25th birthday. It was designed by the Penguin typographer Hans Schmoller. It provided an outline of the history of Penguin Books Ltd and the biographies of some of the key people in Penguin. Book size 19.5 x 13 cms.
Condtion grading: Very Good. Some wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Foreword: Sir Allen Lane
Introduction: Desmond Flower
Cover design: 'Twentyfive Years' by Hans Schmoller using a device by Elizabeth Friedlander
Illustrations: by David Gentleman, John Griffiths, Feliks Topolski and Theodore Ramos; and photographs by Sam Lambert, Lotte Meitner-Graf and Athol Shmith
Date Published: September 1960
Pages: 90pp.
Printer: The Curwen Press; bound by Cox and Wyman Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
This book was produced to celebrate Penguin Book's 25th birthday. It was designed by the Penguin typographer Hans Schmoller. It provided an outline of the history of Penguin Books Ltd and the biographies of some of the key people in Penguin. Book size 19.5 x 13 cms.
Condtion grading: Very Good. Some wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Foreword: Sir Allen Lane
Introduction: Desmond Flower
Cover design: 'Twentyfive Years' by Hans Schmoller using a device by Elizabeth Friedlander
Illustrations: by David Gentleman, John Griffiths, Feliks Topolski and Theodore Ramos; and photographs by Sam Lambert, Lotte Meitner-Graf and Athol Shmith
Date Published: September 1960
Pages: 90pp.
Printer: The Curwen Press; bound by Cox and Wyman Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
This book was produced to celebrate Penguin Book's 25th birthday. It was designed by the Penguin typographer Hans Schmoller. It provided an outline of the history of Penguin Books Ltd and the biographies of some of the key people in Penguin. Book size 19.5 x 13 cms.
Condtion grading: Very Good. Some wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Foreword: Sir Allen Lane
Introduction: Desmond Flower
Cover design: 'Twentyfive Years' by Hans Schmoller using a device by Elizabeth Friedlander
Illustrations: by David Gentleman, John Griffiths, Feliks Topolski and Theodore Ramos; and photographs by Sam Lambert, Lotte Meitner-Graf and Athol Shmith
Date Published: September 1960
Pages: 90pp.
Printer: The Curwen Press; bound by Cox and Wyman Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
