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Das Rad (1972) book cover

Contributed by Stephen Coles on Jan 8th, 2017. Artwork published in .
Das Rad (1972) book cover
Source: affiliates.abebooks.com Image via Klaus Kleinmann, Kalkar, Germany. License: All Rights Reserved.

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3 Comments on “Das Rad (1972) book cover”

  1. The text at the bottom looks like one of the weird phototypesetting variants of Gill Sans floating around at this time with a boosted x-height and tightened spacing. (I believe Chantilly Serial may be a descendant of these.)

  2. Oops. I had clearly excised the horror from my memory.

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