Penguin UK releases limited artist edition Puffin Classics

The Oxen of the Sun Blog just reported that Penguin will release another set of limited edition classics (a follow up to their 70th Anniversary editions, long since sold out). Print runs are limited to 1,000 books, with cover designs by six chosen artists.


This time they're focusing on Puffin Children's classics:

  1. The Secret Garden, designed by Lauren Child
  2. Oliver Twist, designed by Sir Peter Blake
  3. Little Women, designed by Orla Kiely
  4. James and the Giant Peach, designed by Antony Gormley
  5. Around the World in Eighty Days, by David Adjaye
  6. Treasure Island, designed by Frank Gehry

I just checked for copies at Amazon.co.uk and Treasure Island is already sold out (not surprisingly).  
Penguin.ca and Penguin.co.uk are still selling copies of some of the books. If you're used to a $20 price tag, be prepared, these books are currently selling for between $100 and $200. As they sell out we will undoubtedly see even higher resale prices.

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