Nick Harrison on Flickr Here fifty years ago Allen Lane published his first paperbacks thereby changing reading habits throughout the English speaking world 8 Vigo Street, W1, London 30 Jul 1985 by Penguin Books on 30 July 1985 Colour: black Wikimedia: Flickr: How to add yours Matt Brown on Flickr HistoryLondon on Flickr All Rights Reserved gnomonic on Flickr Nick Harrison on Flickr Megalit on Wikimedia Commons Nick Harrison on Flickr HistoryLondon on Flickr All Rights Reserved Megalit on Wikimedia Commons Google Streetview OpenStreetMap See also... Nick Harrison on Flickr Sir Allen Lane CH 1902-1970 founder in 1935 of Penguin Books lived here from 1910 to 1919