It’s Othello. See these threads:
http://typophile.com/node/37588
http://www.typophile.com/node/15073

Thank you! I just signed up to this site and I'm already impressed.

I agree Othello is very close, but at least the links that talked about using PL Fiorello as a digital equivalent are wrong in this case, because that K is not the same, even if you ignore the width and weight differences. Maybe the film type Othello would have been used, assuming it had other forms, but Fiorello doesn't seem to be a match.

- Mike Yanega

I have a copy of McGrew's book on American Metal Typefaces at home, which probably shows Benton's Othello design for ATF, but until the weekend I won't be at home. Does anyone else have a copy they can scan so we can prove Othello is the right answer? (I believe it is) Unfortunately, other than that Outline version on the Dover CD, I have heard of no other digital versions of the typeface used on that book cover. What was the publication date? If it was the 70's they probably used film type, I would guess.

- Mike Yanega

Here it is:

Thanks Akira, that makes it positive.

- Mike Yanega

what book is this page scanned from? As im sure there are or is a proper full set of DAN SOLO's EARTH as featured in his ART DECO book. As there is another of the OTHELLO and its got a solid fill but the puncation looks like the outlined version without the outline.

John