Pelican Books

Pelican Books
Four Pelican book covers, showing the gradual shift in the design. From left – 1937 (three bands), 1955 (grid), 1969 (illustrated), and 2007 (a "Penguin Celebrations" throwback edition)
Parent companyPenguin Random House
Founded1937
FoundersAllen Lane
V. K. Krishna Menon
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
Publication typesBooks
Official websitepelicanbooks.com

Pelican Books is a non-fiction imprint of Penguin Books[1] founded by Allen Lane and V. K. Krishna Menon.[2] It publishes inexpensive paperbacks of academic topics intended to reach a broader audience. The imprint originally operated from 1937 to 1984,[3] and was relaunched in April 2014.[4][5]

  1. ^ "About Penguin - Company History". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Penguin Books | Making Britain". open.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ Carswell, Beth. "Pelican Books, A Flock of Non-Fiction". AbeBooks.
  4. ^ "Pelican Books".
  5. ^ "Pelican books take flight again". Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2014.