Odd

 

I've been quietly adding to my Penguin/Pelican collection over the last year and found this one the other day. Greg commented on it's Flickr entry that he hadn't seen a Marber-Grid Penguin with a colour photo on before. I can't think of another either, although there may well be some. It is an oddity isn't it? Intriguingly, odd image. Brilliant and odd. And, credited to Herbert Spencer.

Incidentally, if you've got $4,000 going spare, you can buy a complete set of Spencer's Typographicas here.

Comments

[Vicki Brown]

Interesting. Looks pretty sinister.
I've never heard of that John Wyndham title either. Have you read it?

[Richard]

Hi Vicki,

No I haven't read it yet but I think I will. I think it's a collection of short stories (although don't know for sure - bought it for the cover - you know how it is). Well, I presume that's where the "...and Others" comes in but it does read as a whole title too doesn't it? Will check...

[Simon Whybray]

Herbert's daughter Mafalda was my tutor at college. Me and my friend Duncan were moving boxes at her house one day I we totally got to thumb through fresh-off-the-press copies of typographica. It was amazing.