The New Republic recently ran a piece to mark anniversary of the first Penguin paperbacks, which were published this week in 1935. Here at Flavorwire, we’re eager to join in the celebration, because if there is one thing every book nerd can agree on, it’s that Penguin’s are the most beautifully designed paperbacks of them all. Another reader who shares our love of the sometimes sparse, other times or ornate and colorfully designed books is Etsy user EAGERforWORD, who has a wonderful knack for making already eye-catching books even more aesthetically pleasing by celebrating the clean simplicity of the iconic books. Click through to see (and perhaps purchase) a selection of EAGERforWORD’s wares.
The Beast in Me by James Thurber, $10.11 at Etsy
Androcles and the Lion by Bernard Shaw, $7.70 at Etsy
Narrative Poems of the Late XIX Century, $12.44 at Etsy
Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh, $11.66 at Etsy
The Red Widow Murders by Carter Dickson, $18.66 at Etsy
Light on Moscow by D.N. Pritt, $11.66 at Etsy
The Mortal Storm by Phyllis Bottome, $11.66 at Etsy
England in the Eighteenth Century by J.H. Plumb, $7.00 at Etsy
Salmone and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde, $12.44 at Etsy
An Introduction to Modern Architecture by J.M Richards and Elizabeth Mock, $19.44 at Etsy
A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison, $13.22 at Etsy
Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, $11.66 at Etsy
The Small Dark Man by Maurice Walsh, $9.33 at Etsy
Common Wild Flowers by J. Hutchinson, $7.77 at Etsy
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare, $7.00 at Etsy
An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner, $13.99 at Etsy
Is Peace Possible? by Kathleen Lonsdale, $11.66 at Etsy
The Generous Earth by Philip Oyler, $21.77 at Etsy
Major Barbra by Bernard Shaw, $7.00 at Etsy
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, $9.33 at Etsy
The Lost Stradivarius by J. Meade Falkner, $10.11 at Etsy