Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Penguin book covers, illustrated by John Griffiths – in pictures


The illustrator John Griffiths has died aged 85. During his career he produced a number of striking book cover illustrations for Penguin, highlights of which can be seen here

John Griffiths: John Griffiths's cover for Eric Linklater's, White Maa's Saga
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John Griffiths's cover for Eric Linklater's White Maa's Saga© Penguin Books, 1963
  • John Griffiths: John Griffiths's cover for Eric Linklater's, White Maa's Saga
  • John Griffiths: John Griffiths's Penguin Classified List from 1958
  • John Griffiths: John Griffiths's book cover for Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud
  • John Griffiths: John Griffiths's illustration from the Penguin book, Twenty-Five Years
  • John Griffiths: John Griffiths's cover for Eric Linklater's, Ripeness is All
  • John Griffiths: A Penguin postal packet designed by John Griffiths for Christmas 1958
  • John Griffiths: An illustration for the visual essay 'A Front of Shops', September 1959
  • John Griffiths: John Griffiths's cover for Clancy Sigal, Weekend in Dinlock
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2 comments:

  1. Maud Cahill1:50 pm

    So, which NZ educational publisher was that, and does anyone know any of the titles?

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  2. transpress nz4:39 pm

    There have been at least 2 significant books devoted to Penguin covers; of historical interest more than anything else.

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