Abram Games and Penguin Books
| Author: | Naomi Games |
| Date: | 2013 |
| ISBN: | 9780955839573 |
| Type: | PCS Publication |
| Pages: | 80 |
| Medium: | Paperback |
| Series: | Main Series |
| Focus: | Design, History of Penguin, Penguin Personalities |
Naomi Games has written a detailed account of how her father Abram was invited by Allen Lane and Hans Schmoller in 1956 to select and commission an illustrator for each of a number of full-colour covers for Penguin fiction. This was an experiment by Penguin which ran for a mere 10 months before the company decided to revert to largely typographic covers.
Abram Games, who had established his reputation when he had been chief designer for the Festival of Britain in 1951, designed seven cover illustrations in the series himself (and another later cover) while ten other artists were commissioned to produce a further 26 illustrations, giving a total of 33 books in all.
The book provides an account of how Games commissioned many of his friends, with details of their covers, and a full account of Penguin’s involvement.
Perfect bound, A format, 11.1 x 18.1 cms with 37 illustrations in the text plus 33 full-page images showing all titles in the series.
Published by Octoprint
Print run 1,000
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