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Here youll be able to find rights information and request permission for excerpts and portions of books published by penguin random house us and penguin random house canada limited. Sign up to the penguin classics newsletter this is a required field. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. A historic guide to the world of penguin classics from its uk origin, covering a span from the ancient world to world war i, in a luxurious orange clothbound package with colored endpapers, fullcolor pages, and illustrations. From aristotle to austen, george orwell to james baldwin the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy from the last 5,000 years. Leading one of the most important creative sectors in the world, we are proud of our past and ambitious about. To view a list of classics publishing companies by country please select a country. Official website, penguin classics is an imprint of penguin books under which classic works of literature are. Celebrate america with collections of emerson or thoreau. Classics publishers directory listing 1 to 10 of 129 classics publishing companies page 1 of of all the publishing houses listed in the directory of classics publishers. Penguin publishing group controls some mccalls books, but holds no rights to mccalls magazine. Thats exactly you need to check out our newest collection.
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