Various Approaches to the Problem of Sherlock Holmes

Recent approaches to a much-covered subject...

Michael Kirkham for White's Books (see also here):


Coralie Bickford-Smith for Penguin (see also here):


Unknown for Vintage Classics UK:


Unknown for Atlantic Crime Classics (see also here):


And finally, Glen Orbik for Hard Case Crime (see also here):


UPDATE: Karen Horton, no mean designer herself, points me towards two more recent Holmesian covers.

The first is by Jen Wang, for Penguin US:


The second is by Rob Grom, for Thomas Dunne Books:


UPDATE 2: Regarding the Hard Case Crime cover, the ever-wise Tulkinghorn points out this extensive discussion of it with the publisher here, which also refers to this Orwell cover.

Holy Shit!

The one thing about this Patrick White book is that as long as you're reading it, you can't be looking at the cover!

UPDATE: Jen Wang designed the cover, while Jason Freedman created the collage. That's not bad collaging--I assumed it was a single photograph.

I should note, as I have said in the comments, that I don't hate this cover--it's very effective, to be honest. It just gives me the fear.