"Good design is no more expensive than bad."

One of my favourite things about volunteering at Oxfam Whitworth Park and about being a book volunteer in particular is being able to see the amazing range of books that we get donated. It's even better when the edition has a gorgeous cover design and nobody does this better than Penguin!

Recently, one of the supervisiors and my fellow book volunteer, Ben, was able to go down to Book Barn in Huddersfield to pick up a whole load of books for us to sell in our shop, including two big boxes of Penguin paperbacks dating from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Here are a few books that I picked out that are looking for a good home!

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Other Stories (1963)

Cat's Cradle (this edition 1965 featuring The Bullfight by Joan Miró)

Our Man in Havana (illustration by Paul Hogarth, 1970s)

The Guardian also had an excellent article on The Beauty of Penguin Books with a short history on Penguin design. We still have a large number of the Penguins left, including fiction and non-fiction.

Come on down to the shop and see if you can find a treasured classic or a hidden secret in amongst the bookshelves!

- Rebekah