Katherine Mansfield - The Garden Party
The Albatross Modern Continental Library 22, 1949
Cover Design: Hans Mardersteig

"The proofs of this edition have been read by R.H. Boothroyd, the text is set in monotype garamond and was printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona - MCMXLIX"

Albatross was an English-language reprint series publishing British and American authors in countries other than the British Empire and United States. Their appearance owed much to the Tauchnitz editions from Leipzig, initiated in 1842.

The 'classic' [Penguin] look... was not entirely new; it derived to a degree from the Albatross series of 1932. These featured simple typography designed by Hans Mardersteig, colour coding, an easily memorable bird's name and a recognizable drawing of it used as the logo.

Explanation of the colour scheme:

Red Volumes: Stories of adventure and crime
Blue Volumes: Love stories
Green Volumes: Stories of travel and foreign peoples
Purple Volumes: Biographies and historical novels
Yellow Volumes: Psychological novels, essays, etc.
Grey Volumes: Plays, poetry & collected works
Orange Volumes: Tales and short stories, humorous and satirical works

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Aldous Huxley - Antic Hay
Albatross Library 24, 1932
Cover Design: Hans Mardersteig

This edition is composed in Garamond type cut by the Monotype Corporation. The paper is made by the Papier-Fabrik Bautzen. The printing and the binding are the work of Oscar Brandstetter- Abteilung Jakob Hegner - Leipzig


Albatross was an English-language reprint series publishing British and American authors in countries other than the British Empire and United States. Their appearance owed much to the Tauchnitz editions from Leipzig, initiated in 1842.

The 'classic' [Penguin] look,..., was not entirely new; it derived to a degree from the Albatross series of 1932. These featured simple typography designed by Hans Mardersteig, colour coding, an easily memorable bird's name and a recognizable drawing of it used as the logo.

Explanation of the colour scheme:

Red Volumes: Stories of adventure and crime
Blue Volumes: Love stories
Green Volumes: Stories of travel and foreign peoples
Purple Volumes: Biographies and historical novels
Yellow Volumes: Psychological novels, essays, etc.
Grey Volumes: Plays, poetry & collected works
Orange Volumes: Tales and short stories, humorous and satirical works

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E.M. Forster - A Passage to India
Albatross Library 96, 1947
Cover Design: Hans Mardersteig

This edition is composed in a new version of a French 16th century type and printed and made by Arnoldo Mondadori in Verona.

Albatross was an English-language reprint series publishing British and American authors in countries other than the British Empire and United States. Their appearance owed much to the Tauchnitz editions from Leipzig, initiated in 1842.

The 'classic' [Penguin] look,..., was not entirely new; it derived to a degree from the Albatross series of 1932. These featured simple typography designed by Hans Mardersteig, colour coding, an easily memorable bird's name and a recognizable drawing of it used as the logo.

Explanation of the colour scheme:

Red Volumes: Stories of adventure and crime
Blue Volumes: Love stories
Green Volumes: Stories of travel and foreign peoples
Purple Volumes: Biographies and historical novels
Yellow Volumes: Psychological novels, essays, etc.
Grey Volumes: Plays, poetry & collected works
Orange Volumes: Tales and short stories, humorous and satirical works

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Robert Graves - Antigua, Penny, Puce
The Albatross Modern Continental Library 335, 1937
Cover Design: Hans Mardersteig

"This edition is composed in Baskerville type cut by the monotype corporation. The paper is made by the Bautzen papermill. The printing and the binding are the work of Oscar Brandstetter Leipzig."

Albatross was an English-language reprint series publishing British and American authors in countries other than the British Empire and United States. Their appearance owed much to the Tauchnitz editions from Leipzig, initiated in 1842.

The 'classic' [Penguin] look,..., was not entirely new; it derived to a degree from the Albatross series of 1932. These featured simple typography designed by Hans Mardersteig, colour coding, an easily memorable bird's name and a recognizable drawing of it used as the logo.

Explanation of the colour scheme:

Red Volumes: Stories of adventure and crime
Blue Volumes: Love stories
Green Volumes: Stories of travel and foreign peoples
Purple Volumes: Biographies and historical novels
Yellow Volumes: Psychological novels, essays, etc.
Grey Volumes: Plays, poetry & collected works
Orange Volumes: Tales and short stories, humorous and satirical works

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Axel Munthe - The Story of San Michele
Albatross Books 86, 1948
Cover Design: Hans Mardersteig

"Not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.S.A."

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