A few weeks ago I found myself with time to kill in the "city" that I grew up in. I went over to a bookstore that has long been one of my favorites, Toadstool Books, and happened upon one of the most beautiful series of books I've ever seen. Great Journeys by Penguin Classics is a collection of 20 wonderful tales of voyages and tours across the globe. The stories are from all over and span not only countries but eras. Each book is short, around 100 pages, and costs $10. What a great concept.
Now lets talk about how gorgeous these books are, because that is why they caught my eye. I love the old typeface with those fancy serifs. I love that each book has a simple color scheme. I just love the whole thing. I really would like a poster of all the covers for the studio, but perhaps I can mount my Great Journey's collection on the wall. The design is done by David Pearson Design (check out his site here - check out the beautiful Great Loves series too) and the lovely illustrations are by Victoria Sawdon.
I have this big habit of spending $$$ at the bookstore and then not reading all that I buy so I just let myself start with one. I chose "Adventures in the Rocky Mountains" by Isabella Bird and hope to follow up with "Escape from Antarctica" by Ernest Shakleton.
Check out all the great descriptions of the books here on the Australian Penguin site or here on the US site.
4 comments:
Oh my, I want them all. Penguin comes up with such clever ideas. -X
you know darn well will have to go purchase every single one of these now :)
i know... i want the whole set!!!
I must have them all and display them in my house in just the manner displayed on this page! Seriously, I wish I had known about these earlier; I'm going to the Bahamas this weekend and a couple would make nice beach reads I'm sure! I wonder if any Borders carry them...
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