Penguin Books' Inside Northamptonshire Archive

Mousumi Bakshi

BBC News, Northamptonshire

The collection of penguin charts the 90 -year history of the publisher and also keeps some old items

Getty Pictures The spine of several orange penguin paperback books is on a shelf. Only one nearest camera is in meditation. Penguin people can be seen on each. — The collection of penguin charts the 90 -year history of the publisher and also keeps some old items

The warehouse of the country is the treasure of a literary lover deep within the capital.

Hidden from seeing “Mega-Shades” and supply of chain businesses of NorthamptonshireThere is no sign of historical miracle inside.

But on the outskirts of Rushaden, this non-seminal warehouse Penguin Random House is home to UK Library and Archive.

This includes 1.5 million books from some of the biggest names of literature, including Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, Rowld Dahl and Jati Cooper, as well as many other documents related to the world famous publisher, who are now celebrating their 90th birthday.

Senior Library and Archive Assistant Nicki Carter has worked in a collection for seven years

The image of Mousumi Bakshi/BBC Library and Archive Assistant Nikki Carter was wearing a black vest in front of some book shelves. — Senior Library and Archive Assistant Nicki Carter has worked in a collection for seven years

“This is very heavy,” says Senior Library and Archive Assistant Nicki Carter.

“I have always been a fond Chawla reader. I went to the field in my early teenage and I always crossed this building and thought what was inside”.

His dream of working in publication came after the right year when he left the university and decided to examine the publisher’s website.

She says, “There is a job and there are only five roles here, it was a very lucky time,” she says.

Terry Prachaet is one of the writers whose work is stored in the collection

Terry Prachet's Getty Image Portrait, which is wearing a black shirt and black brimd hat in front of a plain black background. He has a white/brown beard and is wearing black glasses. — Terry Prachaet is one of the writers whose work is stored in the collection

His favorite part of the collection? It is the terry -prone collection, dedicated to the work of the bestseling writer of the discovered series.

“I love Terry Prachet,” she says.

“We have found the original cover designs. And then we have more modern where we have come out with these beautiful clothbound classics.

“So, if you are a fan, this is the place; it is a place to spend your time.”

Books are stored in the banks of shelves from floor to roof, known as rolling stacks

Mousumi Bakshi/BBC image shows the shelves from the floor to the roof, known as a rolling stack holding hundreds of books. — Books are stored in the banks of shelves from floor to roof, known as rolling stacks

Archive, which includes copies of every book published by the firm, moved to its current location in 2017, with a system of stable, rolling and electric stacks with a system of tripling and tripling to library space with a system of library space.

In addition to listing books, the team answers questions to check the history of the company along with researchers, university students and writers.

The oldest book in its collection is 1739 publication of Miller’s Justts.

But these are not just books that are stored here.

The archive has a letter from the Drackula writer Bram Stoker to his publisher in which he has discussed his contract and royalty fees.

Mousumi Bakshi/BBC a frame -rich, handwritten letter dated 1908 to his publishers from Drackula writer Bram Stoker. The paper on which it is written is faded and disappointed. — The archive has a letter from the Drackula writer Bram Stoker to his publisher in which he has discussed his contract and royalty fees.

One letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlal Holmes, is another item.

A frame -roped paper of Mousumi Bakshi/BBC Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is written in black ink on a white paper. — One letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlal Holmes, is another item.

“I am really fascinated by our contract collection,” says Esma Bonor, Library and Archive Assistant.

“The contract may be incredibly dry, but they help us to discover the history that inspires us to book from early conversations with the author.

“We have a lot of capsules history that you will not find anywhere else.

“We have some great correspondence with Bram stocker around his publications. We have a lot of letters from Graham Green, George Bernard Shaw.”

The collection has a copy of a publication contract for the Wizard of Oz

Mousumi Bakshi/BBC image shows a copy of the publishing contract for the wizard of December 1940. — The collection has a copy of a publication contract for the Wizard of Oz

El, one of the most prized performances of the collection. Frank Bome’s Publication is a copy of the contract for The Wizard of Oz. The original documents were destroyed during Blitz.

She says, “We are very cognitive from how much history we have here and how this history connects with Britain and English literature.”

“Penguin disturbed the publishing process extensively and we are incredibly lucky that it was very successful.”

How Penguin became a publication superpower

Getty image close-up image shows black, white and orange penguins on a triangular white penant.

Penguin Books started life in 1934 When its founder, Alan Lane, was stuck with nothing to study at the Exeter station.

At that time, the hardbacks were extremely expensive and the paperbacks were widely dismissed as cheap, trash “pulp fiction”.

The idea of lane? To sell great literature at cheap prices.

And so, in 1935, Penguin Books were born.

Its preliminary list of 10 books, each of which was only the price of Sixpence, included the reprint of Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair.

Logo? A black and white penguin sketched at the London Zoo after the lane’s secretary suggested the bird as the name of the company.

Within a year, three million penguin books were sold and a publication revolution was born.

Getti images are stood vertical, vertical, vertical. Each is black and word

‘This is just dreaming’

Northamptonshire Archive, along with the development of publishing, charts literature.

In 2013, Penguin merged with a random house, bringing dozens of raids together under one roof, including Abri, Transvild and Quadril.

Zainab Zuma, the head of the brand for the penguin, says, “This is just a dream. There are many books. I am very distracted.”

Zainab Zuma says that the longevity of the publisher is “bottom to believe that books are for all”

Musumi Bakshi/BBC Zainab Zuma stands in front of the shelves of most orange books. He has gray, swapt-back hair and gold earrings and smiles. — Zainab Zuma says that the longevity of the publisher is “bottom to believe that books are for all”

Touring the collection for the first time, his eyes were on Mario Majuchelli’s The Nun of Monza.

“You do not expect a blot behind a book about a nun to contain the word” depravity “in the first 10 words, so now I just need to read it!” She says.

“The longevity of the penguin is down to assume that the books are for all. You are not in the form of the mainstream science -fire in the 60s or take out the first large bonbster in the 80s – until you believe that books are not for all.

“And this is the story of Penguin.”