William Hofmann (1924–1995) was an artist who illustrated books in the late 1950s and the 1960s.

Books

The works he illustrated include: *''The First Easter'' (1959) by

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*''Five World Biographies'' (1961) edited by Leon Edel, Elizabeth S. White, Madolyn W. Brown *''Four English Biographies'' Harcourt Brace & World, Inc, (1961) by J. B. Priestley, and O. B. Davis *''The Blue of Capricorn'' (1962) by

Eugene Burdick Eugene Leonard Burdick (December 12, 1918 – July 26, 1965) was an American political scientist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of ''The Ugly American'' (1958), ''Fail-Safe'' (1962), and author of ''The 480'' (1965). Early life He ...

*''Indian Uprising'', Houghton Mifflin (1962) by George Cory Franklin *''The Last Portage: The Biography of a Man Caught Between Two Worlds of the Frontier—Born a White, Raised an Indian'' (1962) by

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*''Hero of Trafalgar: the Story of Lord Nelson'' (1963) by

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'' (1965) by

Milton Lott Milton Lott (1916 – 1996) was an author of western novels. He grew up in the Snake River Valley, in Idaho and attended University of California, Berkeley. While there he started writing his first published novel, ''The Last Hunt''. He work ...

*''Time Was'', Folkways Press (1965) by John Foster West *''Phaëthon'' (1966) by Merrill Pollack *''Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths'' (1966) by

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*''Poems to Remember'', Macmillan Company (1967) by Dorothy Petitt. Trade Paperback.

Dust jackets

He also illustrated the dust jackets of: *'' Kings Will Be Tyrants'' (1959) by

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*''The Last Portage: The Biography of a Man Caught Between Two Worlds of the Frontier—Born a White, Raised an Indian'' (1962) by

*''The Levantines'', Houghton Mifflin (1963) by

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*''The Mountbattens - The Last Royal Success Story'', Random House (1965) by Alden Hatch *'' Avalon'',

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(1966) by Anya Seton *''World in a Glass - A View of Our Century From the Novels of John Dos Passos'', Houghton Mifflin (1966) by John Dos Passos *'' A Tract of Time'' (1966) by

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*'' Jubilee'' (1966) by

Margaret Walker Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance. H ...

*'' Earth Abides''

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(1969) by

George R. Stewart George Rippey Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, ''Pickett's Charge'', a detailed history of the final ...

*'' Operation Destruct'', Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1969) by Christopher Nicole *''

Logan's Run ''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...

'', Dell paperback (1969) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson *''Where the Cavern Ends'', Holt Rinehart & Winston (1970) by Christopher Nicole ()

References

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