{"product_id":"the-penguin-story-mcmxxxv-mcmlvi-william-emrys-williams-1st-edition","title":"The Penguin Story MCMXXXV-MCMLVI, William Emrys Williams — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1956\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small 8vo, pp. 124.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. The original pictorial wrappers remain bright and largely clean, exhibiting only mild age-toning and a touch of light rubbing to the extremities. The spine is unbroken though lightly sunned, demonstrating the binding remains tight and securely hinged. A minor curl is present at the lower fore-edge corner of the front wrapper, though without associated creasing or tearing. Internally, the text block is clean, sound, and free from foxing, with only faint, uniform age-toning to the page margins as is characteristic for the paper stock of this era. A highly presentable and structurally sound copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Issued to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of Penguin Books, this first edition provides a comprehensive and illustrated history of the publisher's first quarter-century. The text is supplemented with numerous plates documenting early cover designs and marketing displays, alongside a complete catalogue of Penguin publications issued up to 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eThis copy bears the signature of Penguin Books founder Sir Allen Lane on the preliminary leaf. The inscription, reading \"Allen Lane \/ Silverbeck \/ July 27th 1956,\" places the signing at Lane's personal residence in Stanwell Moor during the month of the company's official anniversary celebrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhile unsigned copies of this commemorative volume are relatively common on the secondary market, examples bearing Lane's direct signature and a localized date are scarce, offering a direct association to the founder for collectors of publishing history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003ePublished to mark the twenty-first anniversary of the iconic publishing house, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"79\"\u003eThe Penguin Story\u003c\/i\u003e offers an authoritative retrospective on the company that revolutionised the modern paperback. Authored by Sir William Emrys Williams, a central figure in Penguin's early editorial direction, the book charts the firm’s rapid ascent from a bold sixpenny experiment to a global cultural force. Accompanied by archival photographs, cover designs, and a complete bibliography of the era's releases, it remains an essential document of twentieth-century literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54363048575315,"sku":"4683","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_184337.jpg?v=1784621181","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-penguin-story-mcmxxxv-mcmlvi-william-emrys-williams-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}