Classic Penguin: Cover to CoverPaul Buckley From Drop Caps to Deluxes, Penguin Creative Director Paul Buckley presents a visual overview of the innovative covers that have put Penguin Classics at the forefront of the book design world Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition Since the launch of Penguin Classics in 1946, innovative cover design has been one of its defining aspects. Today, Penguin Classics remains at the leading edge of the book-design world. In this curated tour featuring illuminating commentary by artists and writers, including Malika Favre, Mike Mignola, James Franco, Jessica Hische, Jillian Tamaki and many more, Penguin creative director Paul Buckley showcases more than a decade of stunning cover designs and the stories behind them. For lovers of classic literature, book design, and all things Penguin, Classic Penguin has you covered. Paul Buckley is creative director for Penguin Classics and oversees a large staff of exceptionally talented designers and art directors working on the jackets and covers of sixteen imprints within the Penguin Random House publishing group. Over the past two decades, his iconic design and singular art direction have been showcased on thousands of covers and jackets, winning him many awards and frequent invitations to speak in the United States and abroad. In 2010, he edited and introduced Penguin 75. Matt Vee is a designer and illustrator who attended School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute. He has received two Gold Scholastic Art Awards and created logos for worldwide brands. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Slate, Print magazine, Paste magazine, and UnderConsideration’s Brand New. Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and writer. In addition to the bestselling novels The Time Traveler’s Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry, she is the author of three illustrated novels and the editor of Ghostly. Elda Rotor is vice president and publisher for Penguin Classics. She has created and edited several series, including Penguin Civic Classics, Penguin Threads, Couture Classics, Penguin Horror, and Penguin Drop Caps. |
Contents
Penguin GALAXY 2531 | 25 |
Stranger in a Strange Land VARIOUS AUTHORS | 33 |
The Broom of the System The Snow Leopard East of Eden The Call of Cthulhu VARIOUS AUTHORS | 41 |
The Tunnel ERNESTO SABATO The Martyred RICHARD E KIM In Corner B ES KIA MPHAHLELE Down Second Avenue | 49 |
The Double Death of Quincas WaterBray The Violent Land The Discovery of America by the Turks JORGE AMADO | 56 |
Jason and the Argonauts APOLLONIUS OF RHODES | 62 |
Around the World in SeventyTwo Days and Other Writings NELLIE BLY | 68 |
The Memoirs of George Sherston SIEGFRIED SASSOON 7273 | 72 |
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories H P LOVECRAFT | 126 |
The Novels SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 136139 | 139 |
The Bloody Chamber ANGELA CARTER 152155 | 155 |
Dubliners JAMES JOYCE 166169 | 169 |
Drop CAPS 175199 | 175 |
Selected Poems and Prose Sky Burial When You Are Old The Shadow of the Wind VARIOUS AUTHORS | 201 |
Tales Frankenstein VARIOUS AUTHORS | 223 |
Emma Black Beauty The Wind in the Willows Little Women The Secret Garden The Wizard of Oz VARIOUS AUTHORS | 247 |
Kama Sutra VATSYAYANA 8689 | 86 |
Deluxe Edition WILLIAM GOLDING 9699 | 99 |
James and the Giant Peach ROALD DAHL | 112 |
Collected Plays Deluxe Edition The Penguin Arthur Miller Collected Plays Box Set | 261 |
Acknowledgments | 283 |
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