A poker game interrupted by gunplay and a good-looking, gun-toting redhead . . . Yep, that's got to be a Western pulp cover. The artist is probably Sidney Riesenberg. This issue of WESTERN NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES lives up to its name, as most of the pages are occupied by Clarence E. Mulford's novel HOPALONG CASSIDY RETURNS (actually a reprint from a 1923 issue of ARGOSY ALLSTORY WEEKLY). Backing up Hoppy are a couple of stories by Lloyd Eric Reeve and Samuel Taylor. I've read that Mulford novel in book form, but it's been so long ago I don't remember a thing about it.
3 comments:
James, that cover looks like it might by J W Scott.
That's certainly a possibility. It's right in the middle of a run of Riesenberg covers, but Scott did quite a few covers for WESTERN NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES not long after. I've gotten to where I can recognize some artists by their style but most of the time I still struggle with that.
The original artwork was on sale in the web Feb. 11, 2011
Heritage Auctions
Beverly Hills, CA, US
JOHN WALTER SCOTT (American, 1907-1987) The Hustler, Western Novel and Short Stories,pulp cover, December 1934 Oil on canvas 30 x 21 in. Signed lower right From the Estate ofCharles Martignette.
Best,
Tiziano Agnelli
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