The Penrose Annual - Process Yearbook - A Book Lovers Dream

The Penrose Annual - Process Yearbook - A Book Lovers Dream - Simply Beautiful Books

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@nickjohnjames30 Ай бұрын

Got a bit excited there, Jules-I thought you said ‘Penthouse’ for a second! Anyway, fascinating books. I’ve signed up as a Patreon member; it felt only fair to contribute, knowing how much time goes into these videos. Keep up the amazing work! Loving my books, though I’m still a long way off from having that bookshelf sorted

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

Thanks so much Nick, really appreciate the support on Patreon. I'll always be able to help with your bookcases🙂

@CuriosityRocks Ай бұрын

These are gorgeous 😍😍 I love the Coronation year book. All the colourful adverts are amazing how bright they still are

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

Indeed, these are time capsules of the very best that the worlf of printing had to offer each year. The Coronation one is spectacular.

@ProfessorEchoMedia Ай бұрын

These are the best, Jules! If Taschen and Chronicle Books had existed back then these are books they would have published! ❤

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

You're dead right, the TASCHEN of their day🙂

@codex3048 Ай бұрын

I've never heard of these and now I want them all.

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

That is a slight concern, they are so wonderful, I want them all too 🙂👍

@codex3048 Ай бұрын

18:33 beginning of history of Penrose Annual

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

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@Cat7842 Ай бұрын

What wonderful books! I've never seen these, I don't blame you for wanting to collect them and keep them, despite the lack of space. We are also collectors so we know what you mean!

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

They are beautiful books, however just the six I have take up half a shelf!

@codex3048 Ай бұрын

13:51 what we are seeing here, I think, are four-color process versions of 19th century chromoliths. The point being that supposedly contemporary four-color printing can match the brilliance of the old chromoliths, which used a full color palette. In truth, the modern does not match the old in color, but they are still remarkable for using just four colors.

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

Absolutely, when you consider the time these were printed it's quite incredible.

@hairylittlewombat Ай бұрын

Hi Jules, great video! I just purchased my first Penrose Annual 1907-08. I spent 26 years of my life in the printing industry, working within the pre-press process and have a qualification in Graphic Reproduction. I'm also an avid book lover and collector, so these Annuals are of great interest to me. Strangely I had never heard of them until seeing your videos - or maybe I paid them little attention at the time. I'm sure my employers would have had a collection of them in the day. Thanks again for the video.

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

Thanks my friend, I'm sure you will get even more out of them then I do. Thankfully, they do seem quite plentiful online but finding them in condition and at a decent price is the hard bit👍

@hairylittlewombat Ай бұрын

@@JulesBurt Hi again, Jules. Today I really dived in to starting my collection of Penrose Annuals. Apart from buying 1907 and 1964 the other day, Today I discovered a local bookseller who is literally 30 mins away from me. He was offering "buy one, get one free" so I bought 14 editions, which pretty much cleaned him out. I ended up paying a very similar price to you at the book fair. I now have the entire 50's decade (1949-1960) and quite a few from the 60's. It brings my collection up to 16 in total. Oops, now I need to find self space.

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

I'm jealous! Well done, get ready for the space devouring monster that collecting these books are!

@hairylittlewombat Ай бұрын

@@JulesBurt I have set up a bookshelf for these books on their own. Btw, I just picked up 1981 and 1982 (final edition)

@JulesBurt Ай бұрын

Nice, I have my eye on a couple more!