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Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005
By Phil Baines
Penguin, 256 pages, $25 paper
Maybe books can be judged by their covers after all–especially if they have orange spines. Those spines unify the vast array of book covers displayed in this arresting volume from the Penguin imprint. The covers are a visual history of the last 70 years, demonstrating how changes in typographic design, color palette and styles of illustration are a mirror to international taste and sensibility.
