There has been much debate about real, tactile books vs. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Book description penguin books ltd uk nov 2011, 2011. Coralie bickfordsmiths book covers for penguin classics. Hardcover classics penguin classics penguin books usa. Coralie bickfordsmith wins waterstones book of the year 2015. The muchanticipated cloth bound editions of penguin classic books are finally out in the us.
Part of penguins beautiful hardback clothbound classics series, designed by the awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in highquality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Cloth bound series one these titles explore my obsession to create beautiful, timeless artefacts for people to enjoy, cherish and pass on. Coralie bickfordsmiths book covers for penguin classics gorgeous patterndriven designs, part victorian wallpaper, part modernist upholstery, that breathe new life into some of literatures greatest classics. Awardwinning penguin designer coralie bickfordsmith is responsible for these beautiful hardcover designs, which are foil stamped into linen. Coralie bickfordsmith is an awardwinning designer at penguin books, where she has created several highly acclaimed series. Penguin clothbound classics if you not only love having a great classic to read but also cherish the feel of a wonderful object, then these are the books for you. Penguin clothbound classics series found in fiction classics with splendid packaging created by awardwinning designer coralie bickfordsmith, penguin classics presents beautiful hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Availability of materials is a big factor theres a very limited choice of foil and cloth available for the clothbound classics. Featuring custom patterns inspired by each work stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers, these giftworthy editions of more than sixty titles. Penguin clothbound classics series penguin books uk. Disappear into worlds and characters loved for centuries by curating your own set of mustreads from penguin. Featuring gorgeous patterns stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers, these are rich and sumptuous volumes that continue what will be one of the most coveted sets of books ever produced. Buy tales from 1, 001 nights penguin clothbound classics by anonymous, irwin, robert, bickfordsmith, coralie, irwin, robert, lyons, malcolm c, lyons, ursula isbn.
Featuring cloth covered imprinted penguin deluxe editions of jane eyre, wuthering heights, villette, and the tenant of wildfell hall, this set is ideal for brontefans or lovers of excellent bookdesign. She has been at the publisher for 17 years, working with penguins art director jim stoddart, and has created many distinctive titles for the brand, perhaps most significantly its cloth bound classics series alongside this work, she has also written and illustrated three. Coralie bickfordsmith books and biography waterstones. F scott fitzgerald penguin collection swoon worthy the last tycoon. Coralie bickfordsmith for penguin classics penguin. Part of penguins beautiful hardcover classics series, designed by the awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in highquality, tactile cloth. Theyre part of a series of literary works published by penguin classics, with designs by the talented coralie bickfordsmith. This magnificent collection of bronte works will look stunning on your bookshelf. Since 2008, penguin have published classic literature in a beautifully packaged format. Scott fitzgerald books with cover designs by coralie bickfordsmith. See more ideas about penguin books, penguin classics and penguin clothbound classics. Bickfordsmith is the awardwinning designer and illustrator behind a series of reimagined clothbound hardcovers for penguin classics, which. As theyre now selling these beautifully bound books at anthropologie, i had a chance to really take a look at them and appreciate the careful design approach. Tales from 1,001 nights penguin clothbound classics.
Explore books by coralie bickfordsmith with our selection at. The woman in white famously opens with walter hartrights eerie encounter on a moonlit london road. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Villette by charlotte bronte penguin books australia. Coralie bickford smith is responsible for a number of penguin classics updated cover designsand be warned im about to fan girl outim in love with her cover designs. See more ideas about penguin clothbound classics, penguin classics and penguin books. Tales from 1, 001 nights penguin clothbound classics.
Coralie bickford smith abebooks shop for books, art. Part of a beautiful collection of hardcover classics, designed by the awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith. Featuring custom patterns inspired by each work stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers. While i first learned about coralie bickfordsmiths penguin cloth bound classic series through designsponge in october of 2009, i didnt feel compelled to write about it till i saw it pop up again on very short list this morning. Major works of charles dickens penguin classics hardcover. She studied typography at reading university and lives in london. Bound in cloth and each individually designed by coralie bickfordsmith, these are some of the best classics ever written. Sure i may own six copies of jane eyre yes i am serious but i needed the coralie bickford smith cloth bound copy because its stunning. The story of respectable dr jekylls strange association with damnable young man edward hyde.
Portfolio of a penguin book cover designer, whose book covers have been recognised by the aiga. Several new titles have been published since i first created a complete list of this collection, including all three volumes of prousts rememberance of things past and. With splendid packaging created by awardwinning designer coralie bickfordsmith, penguin classics presents beautiful hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Weve noticed these beautiful bookcovers in homes and shops around town and thought it was time to give them a shoutout. Penguin classics hardcover 10 book collection coralie bickfordsmith penguin classics unknown on. Choose from a selection of hardcover books that includes austen, dickens, kipling, and shakespeare.
Clothbound classics collection all 30 books part of penguins beautiful hardback clothbound classics series, designed by the awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith, these delectable and collectable editions are bound in highquality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Penguin cloth bound poetry books covers designed by coralie bickfordsmith in todays interview, i ask coralie about how she got started at penguin, the creative process behind her designs, where she goes when shes seeking inspiration and so much more. Decorating my apartment with coralie bickfordsmiths penguin. They are designed by penguin senior designer coralie bickfordsmith. W ith splendid packaging created by acclaimed designer coralie bickfordsmith, penguin classics presents beautiful hardcover editions of the worlds favorite books. Clothbound classics collection all 30 books penguin shop. To celebrate were publishing six of his works in this exclusive and sumptuous boxed set of lavish, clothbound editions, designed by penguins own awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith. Penguin classics hardcover 10 book collection coralie bickford. Coralie bickfordsmith beat a shortlist that included harper lee her work has previously featured in vogue and she worked on the cloth bound series with penguin classics. Beautiful books penguin leatherbound classics waterstones.
Have you read all of the books you designed the covers for. I have piles of them waiting patiently for my attention, some for work, some for pleasure or inspiration. Making our bookshelves prettier one cloth bound book at a time, coralie bickfordsmith is known for her beautiful cover designs. They are beautiful design objects in which motifs from the stories sometimes developed in collaboration with illustrators like despotica.
Coralie bickfordsmith i am an enthusiast of the book as an object and i will always prefer the way a printed book works in my hand and tells the story of its existence in the folds and creases of its pages. If you not only love having a great classic to read but also cherish the feel of a wonderful object, then these are the books for you. Coralie bickfordsmith has had something of a double career. The beautiful decorative bindings are designed by penguin artist coralie bickfordsmith and give these works a modern, elegant look. On the one hand she is a book cover designer with penguin. Published as a shilling shocker, robert louis stevensons dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. Cloth bound classics series four coralie bickfordsmith. Coralie bickfordsmiths artwork is never less than incredible. Each book in the 20title series has a unique twotoned pattern printed on a cloth binding. Emma by jane austen, one thousand and one arabian nights, vol. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 181516, and was published, together with northanger abbey, posthumously in 1818. Neuware part of penguins beautiful hardback clothbound classics series, designed by the awardwinning coralie bickfordsmith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in highquality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.