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The Penguin Collectors’ Society was founded in 1974 by a small group of enthusiasts meeting in Richmond, Surrey; today there are over 500 members worldwide.

We study twentieth-century book design, particularly Penguin Books, and help to preserve and conserve Penguin Books and material relating to Penguin, and ensure the ready availability of that material for present and future research.

Actually collecting Penguin Books is not, of course, a prerequisite for membership. Any enthusiast for the good book design, typography, illustration and writing with which Penguin Books have been associated since 1935 will find something of interest here.

Current And Recent

Bristol University has recently received a substantial grant from the Arts and Humanities Reseach Council to upgade, catalogue and make available online the Allen Lane special collection of Penguin editorial files and books. A full time archivist will be appointed shortly and an exhibition and other events are planned there for Penguin’s 75th anniversary in 2010. This is good news for all Penguinists. For further details visit the university’s website.

The PCS Noticeboard

For news of the Society’s recent and planned events and publications click here.

The Penguin Collectors’ Society: a company limited by guarantee — registered in England no. 4261702; Registered UK Charity no. 1093965. Registered office: 31 Myddelton Square, London EC1R 1YB.

Page last updated: 26 March 2008