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Tag: James Tormey

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Penguins in The Guardian

The Random House/Penguin takeover prompted a visit from photographer Sarah Lee to shoot my collection of Penguin books for illustrative material for The Guardian. One of her shots has already been used – a set of early 70s Raymond Chandlers with James Tormey jackets.

October 31, 2012
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Penguins: James Tormey’s Raymond Chandler covers

The exclusion of designer James Tormey  – and in particular his early 70s covers for a series of Raymond Chandler books – from Phil Baines’ history Penguin By Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005 has long rankled with me. I was expecting to find out more about the man whose remixes of Hollywood classic stills led […]

November 1, 2011