The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John Tresch

All-caps Zipper in three lines of alternating colors for the cover of The Reason for the Darkness of the Night. Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science. This “innovative biography of Edgar Allen Poe [highlights] his fascination and feuds with science.” It was written by John Tresch, Professor of History of Art, Science, and Folk Practice at the Warburg Institute in the University of London.

First issued in hardback in 2021, this is the paperback edition published in 2022 by Picador. Cover design by Alex Merto, with illustration by Jo Minor. The secondary type appears to be Helvetica, slightly stretched.