'THE PENGUINERY' Exhibition at Tivoli, Waiheke Island

You are invited to the opening

Saturday February 7, 5pm

'THE PENGUINERY'

a gallery installation

vintage Penguin books 1935 - 1970s

 In 1935 Allen Lane, with his colleague V.K. Krishna Menon, began publishing  high-quality writing, with innovatively designed covers, at an exceptionally affordable price - the  equivalent of 'a packet of cigarettes' - for a growing reading public then poorly served by publishers.

Tivoli has always stocked Old Penguins, but with 100s more lurking at Liz's home, this exhibit in the gallery space enables the design qualities of various series to be given more focus. The project is partly inspired by a 2005 exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, 'Penguin Book Design'.

Vintage Penguins, especially series like green-cover crime, King Penguins, or pre-WWII Penguin Specials, have become very collectable.Tivoli hopes to see the display grow and change over the exhibit time-frame.

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