| Description | Penguin Book Cover Design - Penguin Poets (D/042).
Many of the Penguin Poets series covers were designed by Stephen Russ. Russ had been designing book covers for Penguin on a freelance basis from the 1950s. In 1964 Hans Schmoller asked Russ to design a new series of cover patterns for the Penguin Poets series. These designs were to be commissioned specifically for individual titles and the design had to be in sympathy with the poet. Before this, the Penguin Poets had appeared in purely decorative cover patterns. [Material given by Glyn Russ and Hans Schmoller] |