A History of Penguin Books and the Mass Market Paperback — Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop
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On this day July 30, in 1935 Penguin published the first paperback books
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The Journal — Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop
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J.R.R. Tolkien, Too Many Books and Never Enough
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Vintage Penguin Classics Paperback Books Various Titles 1970s/1980s
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The Journal — Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop
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The History of Jigsaw Puzzles — Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop
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Chuckanut Reader - Winter 2017/2018 by Village Books and Paper Dreams - Issuu
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Penguin First Editions :: Early First Edition Penguin Books
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Romeo Juliet - First Edition - Seller-Supplied Images - AbeBooks
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Death and Daisies: A Magic Garden Mystery: 9781643851891: Flower, Amanda: Books
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Penguin First Editions :: Early First Edition Penguin Books
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Urban History, Real and Imagined: Jonathan Lee's The Great Mistake - Historical Novel Society
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The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot, Hardcover