Wasp by Eric Frank Russell, Bantam edition
Front cover
Wasp is a science fiction novel by British author Eric Frank Russell, originally published in 1957. The edition here was published in 1971 by Bantam Books. The cover artwork is by Gene Szafran.
The title and author’s name use Benguiat Laurent with a Psychemat effect. Anzeigen-Grotesk is used for the words “SCIENCE FICTION BY” and the tagline on the back cover. The tagline on the front cover, and the synopsis on the back cover, use News Gothic Condensed.
Back cover
1 Comment on “Wasp by Eric Frank Russell, Bantam edition”
Nice find, thanks! This combination, Psychemat pattern psm-7 applied to Benguiat Laurent (#5722), was one of the examples presented in PLINC’s One Line Manual of Styles from 1971.