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D'Achille original painting cover The Green Hydra

Gino D'Achille was a fulltime commercial artist when, in 1964, he was headhunted to illustrate David Kossof's Bible Stories, an extremely popular book which established his credentials as a top illustrator in England. He first came to the attention of American collectors with his paintings for the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Ballantine Books in 1973. Gino has created over 100 cover paintings for science-fiction titles published by Daw Books, Ace, Ballantine and various other publishers. He is also well known for his series of Flashman cover paintings and for his paintings for western adventure stories and war stories, as well as romance novels and children's books. Russ Cochran is proud to present these original paintings and drawings by Gino D'Achille to American and European collectors. Gino D'Achille, acrylic on board painting for the cover to The Green Hydra by Flint Dille and Gary Gygax, second in the series of Sagard gamebooks, Corgi Books, 1985, 21"x14".