Romek Marber Round-Up Part 4

Here's the final part of the Romek Marber fiesta. Having looked at pretty much all of his crime covers, what else did he do? Well, for a start, these Angus Wilson novels:





Then there are these Pelican books on Shakespeare:






Some books on literacy and language:




And a few strays:





As far as I can determine, Romek Marber is still alive and well, though quite possibly retired. He gave a speech in 2005 about design and his own experiences to an audience at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. As part of the same event, designer David Pelham gave a speech which is available online here, which is also very interesting for those who like to know about the making of books.

Now, if you haven't already, it's time to go and look at that flickr set of his other Pelican covers.

Romek Marber Round-Up Part 3

Here we go with a whole mess of miscellaneous Romek Marber crime novel covers. Again, click on the images for nice big versions:





















It should be quickly noted in passing that from this selection, The Second Curtain by Roy Fuller (a poet and sometime novelist) is absolutely brilliant, and somebody should reprint it pronto, while William Mole's The Hammersmith Maggot is, sadly, complete pants.

Also, how similar are those Murder in Pastiche and Closed Circuit covers to these recent inclusions in the Penguin Great Ideas series?




Next: the conclusion, with some of Marber's non-crime covers.

Romek Marber Round-Up Part 2

Here we go with some more Romek Marber crime covers. Again, click on each image for a much bigger version.

Here's a whole mess o' Erle Stanley Gardner (creator of Perry Mason), with a number using a repeated lipstick-mark-as-evidence motif:









A bunch of Simenons (some of which were featured earlier here):











And here are some covers for various 'true crime' books:









Next post: we wrap up the rest of the Marber crime covers! Post after that: his non-crime covers.