"I'm not worthy" springs to mind: A little while ago I mentioned that Adam Russ, grandson of Stephen, had got in touch and had very kindly offered me scans of the unbound covers he has framed on his wall. Well here they are. I'm very excited and grateful to Adam.
Poetry of the Thirties, Adam's favourite, is particularly interesting and is a bit of a departure from the more usual* repetitive patterns.
Click on each cover to see them in much more detail.
* "Usual" seems such an inapropriate word.
wow, thanks for sharing (you and adam)!
Posted by: lena | 09 October 2006 at 04:03 PM
Stunning! So lovely to see these...and flat scanned to, as he would have laid them out in his original artwork {or so I imagine?}...
Thank you both...!
Posted by: abigail | 14 October 2006 at 11:11 PM
Thank you so much for this. They are truly remarkable. What a treat!
Posted by: birdie | 15 October 2006 at 06:41 PM
I've been collecting these for a couple of years - poetry of the 30's is still my favorite. Gorgeous, isn't it?
Posted by: Jared | 02 January 2007 at 01:55 PM
It is. Lots more to come too.
Posted by: Richard | 02 January 2007 at 04:27 PM
A real pleasure to see these covers in this unbound form.
Posted by: George Redgrave | 05 March 2007 at 11:52 PM
A site that has pages dedicated to Stephen Russ (direct link in url) and his designs for the Penguin Poets series.
Posted by: gerry mcfarlane | 04 May 2007 at 06:20 AM
Generally, I love Penguin books but these have shot straight to the top of my favourites. Thank you for sharing these.
Posted by: Kate Andrews | 10 August 2007 at 01:00 AM
Great post, thanks. I've got the Auden and the Browning, and admire the rest.
The Penguin Modern Poets series was excellent too. It's interesting to see the poets that were featured, often at early stages of their careers.
Occasionally it throws up writers who were more famous for their novels or other efforts (like Lawrence Durrell or Kingsley Amis for example).
Volume 5 is quite "Mad Men", with some Beat writing from Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti. Cool cover too. . .
Posted by: Johnny | 02 April 2010 at 05:23 PM
Hi there, I'm a Picture Editor working for Bath University. I'm trying to track down the estate of Stephen Russ, as the University would like to publish one of his artworks. I see from the post above you've been in contact with his grandson, Adam.
I wonder if you'd be so kind to pass on my request to get in touch, as Adam or another family member may be the person who can grant permission?
Many thanks!
Posted by: PicEd | 05 May 2012 at 11:57 AM