Allen Jones's 1960s Penguins

UPDATE: Well, this is embarrassing. These covers are not the work of Alan Aldridge (The Clockwork Orange sketch is the only work by him shown below).  They are in fact the work of Allen Jones, in collaboration with Penguin art director John Hamilton. This makes particular sense in the context of The Clockwork Orange, as it was Jones' sculptures of women turned into erotic furniture that inspired (in the sense that the film-makers nicked his ideas since they were unwilling to pay him) some of the set design of Kubrick's film of the book (see Alex's favourite moloko bar).

 

I apologise for the misleading information, which came from an early and now incorrect promotional website.

Sandwiched between the 1950s and the 1970s, here are the 1960s, Penguin Decades style. The artist and designer behind these five covers is Alan Aldridge (from whose work I did a big selection here), who did a huge number of covers for Penguin in the '60s and '70s, appropriately enough. The authors represented here are the great Beryl Bainbridge, David Lodge, Anthony Burgess, Margaret Drabble and Barry Hines.

 

  

  

  

  

These ought to pop out on the shelves like jars of sweets. I especially like the cover for A Clockwork Orange, which fits the book beautifully while getting away from the stylised portraits of Alex that are often used. Speaking of which, I found an earlier sketch for that cover, showing a direction Aldridge decided not to pursue.

I just have the 1980s books to display now, with covers by John Squire. I have tracked down three of the five covers, so I hope to post them soon.