For lovers of classic literature, book design, and all things Penguin, Classic Penguin has you covered.
Paul Buckley is one of the premiere creative directors working
today, overseeing a diverse group of designers and art directors
creating exceptional book covers and branding for fifteen imprints
and countless authors within the Penguin Random House publishing
group. For the past two decades, his iconic design and singular art
direction has been showcased on thousands of covers and jackets,
winning him many awards and frequent invitations to speak in the
United States and abroad. Paul lives in Brooklyn with his wife
Ingsu Liu.
Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and a guide at Highgate
Cemetery. In addition to the bestselling novels The Time Traveler's
Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry, she is the author of three
illustrated novels and the editor of Ghostly. She lives in
Chicago.
Elda Rotor (Preface) is the associate publisher and editorial
director for Penguin Classics. She has created and edited several
series including Penguin Civic Classics, Penguin Threads, Couture
Classics, Penguin Horror, and Penguin Drop Caps.
“Over the last dozen years or so, this pioneering publisher has
exploded every notion of what a paperback should look like(…) You
can read, study or just ooh and aah at these kaleidoscopic
pages.”
—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
“This gorgeous collection of the most recent wave of
near-instant-classic Penguin covers is the second-best thing to
actually owning the books themselves.”
—RedEye
"Cover to Cover, a new book from Penguin Classics, is the
closest I can get to looking at pornography in the
office."
—Dana Schwartz, The Observer
“Beautiful, strange, dark, simple, and abstract—the covers you'll
find in the book run the gamut of styles and creativity…[On
Sherlock Holmes: The Novels] Steering away from the usual
deerstalker hat and pipe, illustrator Adam Simpson not only created
a scene straight out of 1890s London, but he includes little gems
tucked in on this wraparound cover that depict an iconic scene from
each of the four stories contained within…[On The Penguin Drop
Caps] If there is ever a series to make a book lover itch to have
them all, it's this one…[On The Pelican Shakespeare series]: These
are the freshest and most appealing Shakespeare covers I've
personally ever seen. I might've kept my copy of A
Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet from
college if they'd looked like these.”
—Seira Wilson, Omnivoracious: The Amazon Book Review
"A publishing company that certainly takes pride in its design
history, this collection in particular is a delight because it’s a
recent history that makes it feel both current and timeless; a
revamped series that has met with a great deal of well-deserved
success. The book does an excellent job of laying out and
explaining just how it’s managed to do so in such a short amount of
time."
—J.M. Suarez, PopMatters
"Edited by Penguin Creative Director Paul Buckley, Classic
Penguin: Cover to Cover delivers 288 pages of literary eye candy.
Both bibliophiles and design buffs will be enthralled by the book,
which features hundreds of stunning covers paired with commentary
by the artists. Topped off with gorgeous, inventive layouts by Matt
Vee, this tome is a must-have for book lovers."
—Paste Magazine
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