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This site is a free information resource on Penguin First Edition books (or Penguin First Impressions) - those lovely early and vintage Penguin paperbacks which have now become very collectable!
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Plus pages on Penguin Ephemera, Classified Booklists and Penguin Progress, and lists of the Penguin Collectors Society publications. There are also alphabetical lists of designers and translators. This website provides an easy to use comprehensive resource for Penguin lovers everywhere!Ī unique reference site for Penguin Book collectors and researchers - with lists and images of early Penguin and vintage Penguin books.
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Within the first two years of existence, four new series were introduced signalling the breadth of his publishing ambitions: Over the following 35 years some 60 additional series were created. Allen Lane, its founder, was constantly looking for new ideas, ways to diversify, to promote understanding, knowledge and education.
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The other two shown here are Trees and Shrubs and how to grow them first published in the Penguin Special series at S145 in January 1945 and then as a Penguin Handbook, PH6 in 1951 and Understanding Weather published as Pelican A469 in May 1960.Īmong the 7,500 or so of the early Penguin titles to be found on this website, Penguin published many books on science, astronomy, meteorology, and the plant and animal kingdoms. The images shown are of some of the books published, such as The Weather by George Kimble and Raymond Bush A124 from November 1943 and the American edition published in May 1946. The importance of our weather, growing things at home (low carbon footprint), trees, climate and bio-diversity have populated the pages of Penguin series such as Penguin Specials (S), Pelicans (A), Penguin New Biology (NB), Penguin Science News (SN) and for children the Puffin Picture Books (PP). The COP26 Conference (November 2021, in Glasgow), the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, reminds us all that climate change remains the greatest existential threat to our world. We trust that you have remained safe and well during the Covid-19 Pandemic and continue to do so. See all Gryphon Editions on their website.Welcome to all our readers.
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They also make perfect birthday presents, graduation gifts, as well as a one of a kind gift for any occasion! Interested to know more? Visit this article written about our company to get a better insight about Gryphon Editions and how leather bound books are made. For the discriminating collector, Gryphon Editions facsimiles enrich a home or office while providing a lifetime of intellectual stimulation. A permanent satin ribbon marker ensures easy reference. The acid-free leaves are smyth-sewn their edges are gilded for additional protection and elegance. Coordinating headbands grace both ends of the spine and add strength. Colorful endleaves are reminiscent of fine Old World editions. The raised bands across the spine are distinctive of the classic bookmaker's art. Every volume is fully leather bound, or is quarter leather-bound with fine library buckram, and embellished with gold stamping of an original design. Our craftspeople reproduce a volume of uncommon quality and durability using methods employed for centuries. The interior of the original is faithfully reproduced, page by page. The publication of a Gryphon Editions facsimile begins with the acquisition of an important edition of a classic work.
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Each volume is luxuriously bound in the best quality leather - never synthetic material. For over 40 years Gryphon Editions has been publishing facsimile reproductions of the classic books in Law, Medicine, Science, History and Political Thought.