penguin collectors society
Oxford
The Penguin Collectors Society is an educational charity with the objects of
encouraging and promoting the study of Penguin Books and of conserving
historical material in institutions available to researchers. First published in
1935, Penguins rapidly became a force for cultural good on a par with the BBC
or, later, the Open University. Penguins, Pelicans (non-fiction), Puffins (for
children) and many other series fed a popular appetite for good reading,
attractively packaged and cheap. Penguin today remains part of one of the
world’s largest publishers. The Society’s members, numbering around 400
worldwide, are Penguin’s keenest students – and collectors.
