Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators: The Mystery of the Nervous Lion
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This 1971 book cover uses a funky bold type that has striking similarities to Cooper Black Condensed: it’s West Cooper Nouveau. The small line at the top is in News Gothic. Headings in the book use classic Cooper Black. The text itself is set in Times, with chapter numbers added in the bold italic style of Caslon 3.
The Three Investigators is a juvenile detective book series, started by Robert Arthur in 1964. This book was written by Nick West, which is a pseudonym of Kin Platt (1911–2003). Harry Kane (1912–1988) provided the illustration. The series is continued to this day in Germany – under the title Die drei ??? – where it is particularly popular.
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Title page with frontispiece
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Detail of a chapter opening in Cooper Black. The number is in bold italic Caslon 3.
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Detail of a chapter opening in Copper Black
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