The Penguin Collector 98
| Editor: | James Mackay |
| Designer: | Tim Graham, James Mackay |
| Date: | Jun 2022 |
| Type: | PCS Publication |
| Pages: | 96 |
| Medium: | Newsletter |
| Series: | Classics, Education, Forces (wartime editions), Main Series, Pelican, Specials |
| Focus: | Authors, Books, Design, History of Penguin, Penguin Personalities |
PC98 contains the usual segments, along with two major sections entitled Books and Pictures and Home and Abroad.
Contents include:
• 'Penguin Books and Picture Post' by Matthew Sheldon
• 'A Deed of Quixote' by Horatio Morpurgo
• 'A Taste for Deception and Self-Delusion' by Mark Mazower
• 'Penguin on Cinema 2: The Later Years' by Terry Taylor
• 'The Use of Imagery by Penguin and its Paperback Competitors, 1955-66' by Elizabeth Skipp
• 'Penguin Alianza' by Paul Lickiss
• 'Preserved Indeed' by Blaise Vyner
• 'Dickens Illuminated' by Billy Crawford
• 'The World's First Penguin Book Shop' by Paul Lickiss
• The Penguin-Lover's Lot
• Obituaries: Erwin Fabian; Shirley Hughes; Jan Pienkowski; Nicholas Thirkell; Neal Houghton
• 'The Steve Hare Penguin Collection' by Drew Kent
• Society News
The cover of PC 98 was designed by Tim Graham and James Mackay and harks back to early Penguin and Pelican Specials. The rear has the following paragraphs.
"Edgar Mowrer wrote Germany Puts the Clock Back in 1933, as Hitler took power, resulting in the author's expulsion from Germany. The book was published as the first Penguin Special, 85 years ago, in 1937, with a new chapter added on the worsening situation.
Penguin Specials, by reporting quickly on the tensions of the late 1930s, moved Penguin from being a reprint house to one taking a leading role in current affairs publishing. By providing up-to-date books on military and political developments Specials made a significant contribution to the war effort. With Pelicans, they also laid some of the foundations of post-war reconstruction – politically and socially."
In the June 2022 mailing to members, the following items accompanied the Collector; two postcards of the cover, the Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the eight months ended 31 December 2021, Notice of the AGM (plus form of Proxy); details of the Annual Meeting and AGM to be held at Aldeburgh from Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October.
Price £8
Set in Bembo Standard 10.5
Printed by Short Run Press Ltd, Exeter
Print run 600