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The help of many people has been invaluable, including Tim Graham and Steve Hare at the « Penguin Collectors Society », Rachel Hassall, Jamie Carstairs, Hannah Lowery and Michael Richardson at the University of Bristol « Penguin Archive » and George Donaldson, John Lyon and Markland Starkie at the « Penguin Archive Project ». Thanks in particular to Tim for the « Take Time Out » booklet and to Rachel for cover scans and other material from the archive.

Thanks also to « Brian Aldiss » for insights into his time as editor of the Penguin sf series, to Alan Aldridge and David Pelham for discussing their sf covers within the wider context of their roles as Penguin art director, to Paul Sidey for shedding light on his years as Penguin sf editor, to Harry Willock, Peter Lord and « Mark Salwowski » for the background to their John Wyndham covers, to « Adrian Chesterman » for information on his Penguin sf covers, and to « Maurice Spira » for revealing the genesis of Brian Keogh's cover illustration for the first « Penguin Science Fiction » anthology.

The kind words written about this website by John Coulthart at « Feuilleton », James Morrison at « Caustic Cover Critic », Ben Terrett at « Noisy Decent Graphics » and Richard Weston at « Ace Jet 170 » are much appreciated, as is the induction of this website into « The Collectors Weekly » Hall of Fame by Dave Margulius et al.

Also gratefully acknowledged is the help of Hal Hall at the « Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database »; Andy Sawyer at the « Science Fiction Foundation »; Simon Sellars at « Ballardian »; Mark Sinclair at « Creative Review »; Meaburn Staniland, nephew and namesake of the sf author and Penguin blurb writer; Shane Taylor at « Tarrington Books » for the 1937 schools edition of Last and First Men; Dirk Broer for the 1985 edition of Planet of the Apes and nine Jack Chalker covers; David Mosley for some of the John Wyndham covers by Peter Lord; Patrick O'Meara for help with early Clockwork Orange covers; « Mike Smith » for pointing out that Charles Prendick is not a real person; Rachel Atkinson, Mary Fox and Jessica Price at Penguin; and Kirstie Meehan and Helen Muir at the National Galleries of Scotland.

For another story about books, art, and books as art see the « Fontana Modern Masters »