poetry please

Here's the little gem that I told you about yesterday: a Penguin Poets cover. It's so lovely that I was inspired to photograph it in the AceJet 170 style. But, sadly, my diddy digital camera wasn't up to the job.

So here it is full frontal, instead:

This one was published in 1958, so the cover was probably designed by Stephen Russ, although it's not attributed in the book itself. And here's the equally lovely back cover:

But I'm only scratching the surface here: if you really want to know all about The Penguin Poets series of covers, you need to head on over to Richard's collection. And you can find out more about Stephen Russ from Graham Day.