Title: BRITISH BIRDS ON LAKE, RIVER AND STREAMĬontents: 16 colour plates one black-and-white portrait in text Information and cover photographs of King Penguin Books: Following requests, entries of first impression/edition books produced with dust wrappers are marked §. After 1950 some reprints of earlier King Penguins were produced with d/w. 32) was also produced with a dust wapper. In addition, the 1946 edition of A Christmas Carol (no. It seems that sometime during 1949 Penguin began producing King Penguins with dust wrappers - so that nos: 41, 44, 48 and all from 52 were published with d/w. One of the most distinctive features of this series is their decorative covers.'ĭUST WRAPPERS: Users of this site have asked which of the King Penguins were produced with Dust Wrappers or Jackets (d/w). Why, we felt, should there not be a similar series of books in this country? The experiment, started a few weeks after war broke out, turned out to be successful. The original idea for King Penguins came from the small Insel-Verlag books which were published in Germany before the war. often dealing with by no means broad subjects, such as the History of British Military Uniforms, The Stone Carvings at Southwell Cathedral, Poisonous Fungi and Romney Marsh. These have not been planned to coincide with the public's growing appreciation of art, but rather to appeal to the general liking for illustrated keepsakes of special projects. 'The aim of the King Penguin is different. In an article about the Penguin Modern Painters, Lane said: The inspiration for the series, which was acknowledged by Allen Lane, came from the books published by the German publisher Insel. The series ended in 1959 after 76 volumes had been produced. The first King Penguin 'K1' was published in November 1939 and sold for 1/- (one shilling) each.

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