Penguin Books celebrates 75th birthday
Colour-coded paperbacks launched in 1935 as cheap, disposable fiction have now become collectible items
When the first Penguin paperbacks appeared they cost just sixpence – the price of a packet of cigarettes – and were hardly intended to be enduring items.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 30 July, 2010
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