tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post1047567690772208122..comments2012-01-03T17:15:33.042-06:00Mat Landershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871684730200132934noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-32972805001106951042012-01-03T17:05:36.817-06:002012-01-03T17:05:36.817-06:00While browsing the internet I came upon your blog and then found this info. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_60s_Classics<br />Hope that you can make some use of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-4480279723432539632011-03-08T11:02:53.799-06:002011-03-08T11:02:53.799-06:00I just happened to pick on up not knowing what the deal was. It was a great buy. It was Poems by Robert Frost, a favorite of mine and a great size for classics. But I&#39;m not sure I could carry one in my pocket since I have found out how hard they are to replace.Alan Ackermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11819912577759439104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-22432044214925944952009-07-23T15:53:28.635-05:002009-07-23T15:53:28.635-05:00Hi,<br /><br />Penguin 60s were published to commemorate Penguin&#39;s 60th birthday. In Britain they were priced 60 pence. There were three series in the UK - Standard (orange spine), Classics (black spine) and Children&#39;s (yellow spine). There were 60 books in each series. <br /><br />Penguin repeated the idea for their 70th birthday, but the format was larger than the almost &quot;square&quot; shaped 60s. They are really collectable and you can generally find them in second hand book stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-58468635199222860002008-06-17T05:58:00.000-05:002008-06-17T05:58:00.000-05:00Hi there,<BR/><BR/>I just came across this when i was searching for a similar list. I have most of the Penguin 60's, and the 60's Classics (two different sets released the same year). There were different US and UK releases for both sets - looks like you have the US ones if they were $1 each. UK sold them separately for 60p, and they retailed here (Australia) for about $1.95. They're only extracts or abridged versions of the whole work, about 70-100 pages long.<BR/><BR/>You're right about the covers - the 60's mostly have their original Penguin covers and all have the orange spine. There are also some "mini" Penguins, which <I>look</I> like they belong to one of the 60's sets, but have black spines and will generally say on them somewhere "Penguin Classics". The other 60s set - the 60's Classics - are the same size, but with black spines. A lot of them are historical and all of them have a cover with a cream/yellow border around the illustration.<BR/><BR/>If you still need a definitive list, i can send one for the 60's, still looking for the missing titles from my list of 60's Classics though. You can contact me through the livejournal i'm commenting with.lilianvaldemyerhttp://lilianvaldemyer.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com