I agree. Even the white lettering at the bottom seems hand-drawn. Searching on the term "calligraphy" should produce candidates that would be similar, o you can look at fonts by Baker, Zapf, Crossgrove, or Bouwsma for other ideas.

- Mike Yanega

Thanks for the opinions, all, and Stephen, I'll be sure to look out for cover work by Carter and Lipton. I really like this particular hand and have pretty well covered the waterfront looking for a close match in a typeface. I have a lot of books whose cover lettering is lost in the mists of time. Here's one from the Thirties:

Thanks for suggestions, Stephen. The Scrivano is not too unlike in the lower case but less so for relative height of capitals. There are quite a few fonts with some similarities.