The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir (Bantam)

Contributed by D Jones


Source: www.abebooks.co.uk Sabra Books,. License: All Rights Reserved.

The cover of the 1970 Bantam Books edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s groundbreaking work. Title and author are set in Bookman Bold Swash: a clear favourite of the graphic design agencies of the era. The promo copy including summary and blurb are in a different, plainer variant of Bookman Italic.

Swashes abound, drop, clash, and in one case a ball terminal of the swash n in Simone plays the part of the dot in the i of Beauvoir.

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