Penguin Books Found at Abebooks

Half Price Books recently purchased 100,000 books from Penguin Books' archives -- probably the largest concentration of Penguin/Pelican titles available for sale anywhere. We currently have a selection of these titles and we will be adding more in the coming weeks. A great cross-section of British publishing, and publishing in general, will be available on our site where booklovers from around the world will have equal access.

Among the highlights contained in this special purchase:

Late-thirties Penguin Specials covering the impending Second World War.
Early Penguin Classics: poetry, plays, fiction.
Most of the volumes in the exhaustive Buildings of England series.
Puffin books for children.
Pelican original classics in the fields of science, history, literary criticism and the arts.
King Penguin color-illustrated hardbacks.
Many of the most important British authors as well as first British paperback appearances of novels by Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald & Steinbeck.

Half Price Books and Abebooks are proud to have the opportunity to pass these treasures along to our customers. Penguin collectors, and booklovers in general, will have a great time exploring these timeless classics.

Thinking about starting your own collection of Penguin books? Read what Steve Hare, a member of the Penguin Society and expert on the topic of Penguin books has to say.

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