Jim Stoddart (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A collection of Penguin covers from Britain and around the world, Seven Hundred Penguins is a celebration of jackets that remain visually distinctive and addictive to us today, from the beautiful to the garish, design classics to design oddities. A full-colour, sensuous delight, with one jacket on every page, the featured jackets represent the personal favourites of Penguin staff from offices all over the world, and run from Penguin's birth in 1935 to the end of the twentieth century. Throughout there are jackets that bring back a flood of memories of the first time a book was read; there is beautiful typography from Jan Tschicold; arresting illustrations; visual witticisms from Derek Birdsall; countless mutations of the much-loved Penguin grid. There are also, with no formula at all, jackets that just make sense. Featuring old favourites and plenty of surprises, 700 Penguins is a unique and inspiring collection of the most impactful and well-loved Penguin covers of the twentieth century. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '001' on copyright page. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks almost unread. 399pp. The remarkable story of a unique series of studies that have touched the lives of almost everyone in Britain today. In March 1946, scientists began to track thousands of children born in one cold week. No one imagined that this would become the longest running study of human development in the world, growing to encompass five generations of children. Today, they are some of the best studied people on the planet, and the simple act of observing human life has changed the way we are born, schooled, parent and die. This is the tale of these studies and the remarkable discoveries that have come from them. Touching almost every person in Britain today, they are one of our best kept secrets. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by Jim Stoddart (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Card wraps. 175 pp. Colour illustrated throughout with many examples of Penguin covers. Near as-new with just lightest rubbing to covers. NEAR FINE.