Typophile

High-Contrast Transitional Serif

Hrant H Papazian

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48413419@N00/15497085298/
From the cover of a book published in 1975.
What is it?

hhp

The curved serifs do add a nice touch—definitely an artifact of the phototypesetting process, and one sadly not easily replicated via type on a curve these days.

Looks an awful lot like Modern No. 20, originally released by Stephenson Blake in 1905. Ed Benguiat's digital version came out in 1990:

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/modern-no-20/

That's probably it, presuming a poor digitization.
Thanks!

hhp

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