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Penguin post

24/8/2018

 
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Featured penguin book number two is A Book of Toys [King Penguin Books, first edition, 1946, by Gwen White] The simplistic but effective illustrations and matching descriptions catalogue the history of toys from ancient times through to the 20th Century; gifted illustrator Gwen White drew most of the toys from those exhibited in the British Museum (www.britishmuseum.org/), the Victoria & Albert Museum ( https://www.vam.ac.uk), as well as the V & A Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green (https://www.vam.ac.uk/moc) and Kensington Palace. Her front cover design of repeated rows of penguins is quite stunning and makes the book an attractive one to display on a book rack or console or bedside table; its black and white with honey-mustard colour scheme ties in with our blackbird theme and it would certainly look at home in most mid-century or mid-century modern interiors! 
For more details or if you would like to purchase A Book of Toys [King Penguin Books, first edition, 1946, by Gwen White][ £12 + £2.95 postage] please drop me a line!
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Interior design idea: ceramic penguin (Ian Williams) is from the Brae Fasach gallery on Skye; 'Book of Toys' by Gwen White is available in our vintage book shop
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King Penguin first edition 'A Book of Toys' written & illustrated by Gwen White (see our vintage book shop )

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