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Rage by Philip Friedman (Warner Paperback Library)

Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center on Dec 9th, 2023. Artwork published in
February 1973
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Rage by Philip Friedman (Warner Paperback Library)
Source: www.abebooks.com License: All Rights Reserved.

This movie tie-in paperback edition of Philip Friedman’s novel-turned-screenplay Rage was published by Warner Paperback Library in February 1973.

The uncredited cover design prominently uses Filmsense as the central element (possibly modified by the addition of the side shade).

The image in the center comes from the poster for the film, sans the title treatment.

From the back cover:

It was the Pentagon’s ultra-secret weapon. Silent. Tasteless. Completely invisible and undetectable—until it was much too late. Then it could take as little as a minute, or as much as a week, before all vital functions disintegrated, and you painfully expired. It was called Nerve Gas. And three hundred pounds of it had been accidentally dumped over Wyoming…

See also Paul Bacon’s first-edition book jacket featuring Americana.

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  • Filmsense
  • Futura Extra Bold Condensed
  • News Gothic

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