the first 5 paperbacks

  • the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie
  • the unpleasantness at the bellona club by dorothy l. sayers
  • gone to earth by mary webb
  • ariel by andré maurois
  • a farewell to arms by ernest hemingway
british publisher allen lane pioneered the paperback in 1935. his technique of printing “penguins” on wood-pulp paper and binding with paper boards cut costs dramatically. american paperbacks followed 4 years later.

December 15, 2008
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