Sunday, 17 April 2011

'Brighter than 1000 Suns' by Robert Jungk
S184

Published as a Penguin Special 1960


'Fandango Rock' by John Masters
no. 1662
1967, 3rd Penguin printing

Cover illustration by John Griffiths
'The Pursuit of Love' by Nancy Mitford
no. 711
1960, 7th Penguin printing

Cover illustration by Nicolas Bentley

Saturday, 16 April 2011

a few purchases this afternoon...


'Henry and Cato' by Iris Murdoch
1977, 1st Penguin edition
isbn 0 14 00.4569 4

The cover shows a detail from 'The Death of Actaeon' by Titian, in the National Gallery, London

'The Land of the Rising Yen' by George Mikes
1985, 7th Penguin printing
isbn 0 14 003679 2

Cover Design by Hardy/Escasany/Lodwick

'Some Notes on Lifemanship' by Stephen Potter
no. 1827
1964, 3rd Penguin printing

Cover drawing by Nicolas Bentley

Fading to front cover

'Island' by Aldous Huxley
1974, 9th Penguin printing
isbn 0 14 00.2193 0

Cover design by Grant Grimbly

Water damaged, slight loss to front cover, curling to back