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See my post below of old William Faulkner paperback covers. If you double click to enlarge those photos you will see that several of them are by Avati. That is James Avati.
http://www.illustration-magazine.com/avati.html
Read more about James Avati here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Avati