This is the coolest none book book that I've bought in a long time. You see, it's not really a book, though it does have a cover that opens and an ISBN 978-0-141-04466-8 on the back. In fact, this nifty little box contains the images of 100 book covers published by Penguin in the past 75 years. Wow, a whole library in a small packet.
Inside the cover is a short message of how Penguin books came into being. It tells the story of Allen Lane who was looking for a good book to read on the train. He felt that a good book should be affordable, but should also look good and distinctive. The final line of the message says: "Sometimes, you definitely should judge a book by its cover."
Below I have posted pics of a few of the postcards that jumped out at me. I can't wait to start sending these out to my bookish friends. Don't you just wish that one of these would land in your mail box. Leave a comment and you never know, maybe one will.
5 comments:
Want! That's so cool :-) It would be fun to make a collage of the whole set.
Wow! Another brilliant Penguin idea. How cool is that.
Love it, postcards + books = perfect.
Very cool. What a great idea. I don't know which I see are my favorite but I think the bottom three fight for first place.
I love these I brought two when they came out one use and another to save unopened ,all the best stu
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