A Rare Bird: Penguin Books in Australia 1946-96 by Geoffrey Dutton (Secondhand Book)

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Description SECONDHAND BOOK – EX-LIBRARY In 1935 the British publisher Allen Lane produced a range of ten books in a revolutionary paperback binding and put them on sale for sixpence each. The distinctive orange and white books made Penguin a household name, synonymous with good literature and popular learning. Eleven years later an Australian office was set up in a tin shed in South Melbourne. A Rare Bird is the vivid portrayal of the dramas, the tensions, the books and the people involved in building what is today one of the largest and most successful book publishing operations in the country. Many well-known books, authors and illustrators are on parade, among them Thea Astley, Ron Brooks, Graeme Base, John Bryson, Blanche d’Alpuget, Donald Horne, Robert Hughes, Paul Jennings, Elizabeth Jolley, Ruth Park, Anne Summers and Gough Whitlam. Recounted by those who were most intimately involved, this is much more than a history of Penguin Books in Australia: it is an integral part of the story of Australian publishing. Specifications: Condition: Fair – ex-library, has library labels and stamps on cover and pages, very faded but unbroken spine, general yellowing of pages Publisher: Penguin Books Year: 1996 Format: Paperback Pages: 297pp ISBN: 0145000001

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