I have signed up and paid.
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I signed up and paid!
~N
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very similar
None?
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It may well be in the Caslon family, but the serif marks are slightly different. The cross bar at the top of the capital “T” is different, as are the ‘foot’(?) and top strokes on the vertical lines of letters like I, and N. The “C” doesn’t have an upward pointing serif.
It looks similar to Caslon Antique or perhaps another one called Old Claude??
~N
Edit: Hotstuff’s Adobe Caslon Pro Bold looks more similar than any of my Caslon ones and it gets some of the serif marks similar.
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I thought it looked pretty spot on, but the scan/photo is not great. Either way, I personally love Caslon and most versions of it should look really good in this context. No need to let perfection get in the way of good 
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Looks like the source image also has some letters with an irregular line thickness that’s not symmetrical compared with the Caslon font. If you look at the letters “O” in these samples, you can see the shape isn’t mirrored along the horizontal and it’s more like the “S” and “O” have had a ~10-degree rotation applied. I do think the serif marks on the Caslon Pro Bold look a lot closer to the source, so I wonder if there’s some additional mark-up applied in what ever program that was used to set the typeface to make these tweaks? Or it’s just a more expensive variant.
The serif marks on the feet of the “T” and “N” in this example are also tapered more-so than the Caslon Pro example…
~N
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This is what it gets like in the 2nd Ed 40k fan book group 
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Still awaiting a high res cover to work on…
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So, I tracked down the guy who did all the typesetting for GW from 1983-1994. He left GW and did some freelancing work before moving to the Republic of Chad in 2006, where he worked in N’Djamena at a small company producing rubber insulation until 2009. After the company went down he tried to set up his own company but he was unfortunate with choosing his business partners and the whole thing fell flat. He returned to the UK but could never fully recover financially. His trail gets a little erratic from here on out, he popped up in different parts of England, Wales and Scotland over the next decade. His current whereabouts are unclear, but I managed to get into contact with his niece, who still lives in the house next to the one he was living in when he worked at GW. We exchanged a few emails and I sent her the pictures, but unfortunately she couldn’t narrow down which exact font was used at GW back in the day. So long story short, I sadly cannot help with the fonts. Caslon looks really good though!
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You nearly had me man.
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Haha this is gold!
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anyone got her mail… i would love to get in contact with her…
^ only oldies will get it
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Haha, yeah yeah. I get it.
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It’s all in good humor, I assure you 
I’m legit fascinated by that font analysis you did there.
No worries.
Try the font Arno Pro or Broiso Pro everyone… Broiso Pro looks like the closest match to the subtle angles (top of “P”, the “O”, etc)
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