The Penguin Collector 99
| Editor: | James Mackay |
| Date: | Dec 2022 |
| Type: | Newsletter (The Penguin Collector) |
| Pages: | 96 |
| Medium: | Newsletter |
| Series: | Classics, Crime, Main Series, Various |
| Focus: | Authors, Books, Design, History of Penguin, Penguin Personalities |
PC99 features a wide variety of topics; cover design, a surprise find on a family holiday, what made us laugh in the Sixties (and beyond), and some 'alternative' titles from that era. Received opinions are challenged, questions are asked and social media influencing finds its way into print via a bookshelf. The usual segments include a large number of Points.
Contents include:
- 'Pan Books: a Pictorial Essay' by Fred Cheetham
- 'Coleg Harlech, Thomas Jones and Penguin Books' by Nicholas Joicey
- 'Offering an Alternative' by Gregory Ball
- 'The Lingering Laughter from Patrick and Paul' by Robert Bruce
- 'Dogmas Questioned: I: Why 'Firsts'? II: Why 'Fine'?' by Peter Miller
- 'The Most Desirable Bookshelf?' by Alice Vincent
- 'Advance Reading Copies in Retro Penguin Covers' by Peter Miller
- Penguin Points
- Penguinvestigations
- Penguin Places
- Obituaries: Raymond Briggs; Don Dale-Jones
- Society News
- 'Annual Meeting 2022: A Member Reports' by Adrian King
- Other Society News including Annual Meeting 2023
Price £8
Set in Bembo Standard 10.5
Printed by Short Run Press Ltd, Exeter
Print run 575