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Allen Lane and Penguin Books black plaque
Allen Lane · Publisher
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“Here fifty years ago Allen Lane published his first paperbacks thereby changing reading habits throughout the English speaking world”
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1902-70
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8 Vigo Street, W1
W1S
Erected 1985
Penguin Books
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Allen Lane
Knight Bachelor, Companion of Honour, publisher, and founder of Penguin Books · (1902-1970)
Penguin Books
company, foundation of Allen Lane, and publisher · (1935-present)
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