Well, I'd guess it took me just about 2 months to get these together. One of the things that's great about vintage Penguins is that there are numerous mini series. Sometimes they're books by a particular author; if you've got Penguin by Design there's lots of examples shown, like the fantastic Derek Birdsall designed set for John Updike's books.
Penguin Modern Poets 1-7 make a really great set. Number eight, unfortunately signals a slight change of direction and I can only guess at why. In fact, number eight, to me at least, looks like it might have originally followed the principles of the previous seven quite precisely but some force came into play that initated a shift. Certainly, the editions that followed went off on a distinct tangent, design-wise. Perhaps the market demanded greater diversity. Whatever the reason I can't help feel it was a shame.
"Whatever the reason I can't help feel it was a shame."
GAH! You are absolutely right. It's not that it isn't very nice in it's own right, just seen as part of the whole set...it seems to be an unjustifiable contrast. Nuts.
Posted by: Jay | 16 February 2008 at 05:22 AM
such a nice collection i had to blog it myself. really enjoy your site btw, thanks for sharing your great finds!
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Posted by: Andy | 28 February 2008 at 09:42 AM