Mitchell Hooks was one of the pioneers of the ‘literal’ illustration style employed on pulp paperback covers.
Overview here. Flickr collection here.
And
UK Vintage has a whole photostream of paperback covers in the same genre here. Even more here. And gads, here.
Found via Drawn!
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