| Description | British Wild Flowers:
Correspondence from Eunice Frost, Allen Lane and Noel Carrington with Richard Chopping and Frances Partridge concerning their work on the abandoned Penguin Natural History Project series on British Wild Flowers (also known as Penguin Flora), 26 May 1943-15 March 1953. The correspondence also includes reference to Chopping's illustrations for Picture Puffin and Baby Puffin books and a draft agreement between Richard Chopping and Mrs R.S. Partridge with Penguin Books Ltd. to write and illustrate eight volumes entitled 'Wild Flowers in Britain', April 1944.
King Penguins:
Mock-up of the cover for Max Beerbohm's 'The Poets' Corner' (King Penguin K12), n.d. [published December 1943].
Penguin Prints:
Order form for nos.1 to 4 in the Penguin Prints series, n.d. [c. December 1948].
Norman Cameron:
'The Collected Poems of Norman Cameron', 1905-1953, with an introduction by Robert Graves (London, The Hogarth Press, 1967).
Examples of inhouse publications produced by other publishers.:
Stocklist of Phoenix House books, Autumn/Winter 1949/1950. Written on the back in Allen Lane's handwriting: 'This is an excellent example of a selling list.'
Readers News, magazine of Readers Union, vol.12, no.4, October 1949.
Pelican Philosophy series:
Correspondence from Eunice Frost and A.S.B. Glover with with Professor A.J. Ayer, Ernest E. Hutten, Professor Raymond Klibanksy, Professor E.F. O'Doherty, D.E. Pears, Dr V. Naravane, P.C. Chatterji, Dr J. Bronowaki, Professor S. Korner, Professor Rubin Gotesky and Dr Gabriele Rabel concerning the Pelican Philosophies series, 23 April 1947-4 February 1959. Includes an offprint of E.F.J. Payne's 'Schopenhauer in English'; a list of titles and authors for possible inclusion in the Penguin Philosophies series; and an agreement between Dr E.H. Hutten and Penguin Books Ltd. to write 'Philosophy of Science', 26 January 1954.
Noel Carrington and Dora Carrington:
Invitation to a private view of 'Carrington: A Retrospective Exhibition' at the Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London on 6 November 1970.
Christmas card from Noel and Catherine Carrington featuring a photograph of an oil painting of the Mountains at Yegen by Dora Carrington, n.d. [envelope date stamped 15 December 1970].
Letter from Noel Carrington to Eunice Frost, 5 February 1977. Mentions Eunice Frost's gas poisoning, Virginia Woolf's letters to Dora Carrington, Dora Carrington's woodcuts for 'Two Stories' published by the Hogarth Press, Sue Simon's proposed book on Ravilious, coaching Raj Thapar on production at Penguin.
Leaflet and flyer advertising Noel Carrington's 'Carrington: Paintings, Drawings and Decorations', with a foreward by Sir John Rothenstein (Oxford Polytechnic Press, 1977).
Allen Lane:
Two postcards from Eunice Frost to Sir Allen Lane at the Middlesex Hospital and the Nuffield Hospital, and a birthday greetings GPO telegram (illustrated by Edward Ardizzone), July and September 1969.
'Tributes to Allen Lane at a Service of Thanksgiving for his life and work 1902-1970' (750 copies privately printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1970) (3 copies).
Newspaper cuttings:
Newspaper cuttings concerning the merger of Longman (S. Pearson & Sons) with Penguin Publishing, July-August 1970. |