« The Way is Shut », c. 1996

by Ted Nasmith (Canadian artist, born 1956)
Card illustration for Middle Earth CCG, Iron Crown Enterprises, 1995
Oil on canvas, 36 cm x 49 cm

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« The Giant Squid », c. 1971

by Peter Goodfellow (British artist, 1950-2022)
Cover illustration for the novel "Big Game Hunt", in "Tales from the White Hart", by Arthur C. Clarke, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1971

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« In The Grip of The Octopus », 1993

by Frank Frazetta (American master, 1928-2010)
pen on paper

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« The Tritonian Ring », c. 1976

by Vincent Di Fate (American artist, born 1945)

Acrylics on board, 36 cm x 45 cm
Cover illustration for "The Tritonian Ring", by Lyon Sprague de Camp, Ballantine / Del Rey, 1977

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« Sharane », 1949

by Virgil Warden Finlay (American artist, 1914-1971)
Illustration for "The Ship of Ishtar - Memorial Edition", by Abraham Merritt, Borden Publishing, 1949

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