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Ritual by Graham Masterton (Sphere)

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Oct 31st, 2023. Artwork published in
August 1989
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Ritual by Graham Masterton (Sphere) 1
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Ritual was first published in 1988 under the title Feast. This is the British paperback edition by Sphere from 1989. I haven’t seen a physical copy of this book, but my understanding is that the image above depicts the front cover, which has a triangular window that reveals a detail from a second cover underneath. The image below shows a 1993 reprint by Warner Books which apparently uses that second cover as the primary one.

The bold eroded caps are from a typeface known as Frankenstein. The wide flare serif used for “Ritual” is ITC Newtext, which was also used for a number of other Masterton books published by Sphere. The typeface used for the author’s name is unidentified, or maybe a heavily customized American Gothic.

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1993 reprint by Warner Books
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1993 reprint by Warner Books

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  • Frankenstein
  • ITC Newtext

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