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V.E. PYLES 1 There has recently been tremendous interest in L. Ron Hubbard's sensational career in the pulp magazine industry. Over 150 of L. Ron Hubbard's short stories from the golden age of pulps are currently back in print from Galaxy Press. All of these new and exciting publications have colorful covers that reproduce classic pulp paintings. In fact almost all of those original paintings have long since disappeared from the face of the earth without a trace. It's a tragic shame that all of these great pulp paintings are forever lost to civilization, but that's why it's such big news that a long-lost original pulp painting for a L. Ron Hubbard pulp has just been found! This discovery is really important to anyone interested in L. Ron Hubbard's career as a pulp author, and it is especially important to anyone who collects original first-edition L. Ron Hubbard pulps. Many of L. Ron Hubbard's most sensational adventure tales were first published in ARGOSY magazine. Every issue of ARGOSY included several stories by different authors, but the few issues of ARGOSY that included stories by L. Ron Hubbard have since become the most valuable to today's collectors, even though most of them do not illustrate his stories on the cover. The October 24, 1936 issue of ARGOSY included the world's first publication of L. Ron Hubbard's short story, DEEP-SEA DIVER. This issue also included a Navy Football story "Annapolis Ahoy!" written by his colleague, George Bruce, and illustrated on the cover. Copies of this particular issue are extremely rare and valuable to collectors of L. Ron Hubbard's first-edition publications. There is no central database inventory of all existing original pulp cover paintings, so it's impossible to be certain, but this may be the only original cover painting in existence of any L. Ron Hubbard pulp magazine. As such this original painting is a priceless historic relic from the fabulous pulp magazine career of L. Ron Hubbard. This painting was recently discovered in a mid-western family attic by the world's leading pulp art historian, David Saunders. He was researching the artist V. E. Pyles, who was one of ARGOSY's top cover artists during the golden era of the 1930s. This painting must have lead a charmed life while it was in hiding over these past seventy-four years, because by some inexplicable miracle, it was discovered in perfect condition. It is unframed and it measures 30.5 inches high by 23 inches wide. Anyone interested in building an important collection of L. Ron Hubbard first edition pulps would want to have this rare and beautiful relic as the central showpiece of their collection. This painting is a magnificent example of the art of V. E. Pyles as well as an historic touchstone of L. Ron Hubbard's career as a sensational pulp fiction writer. A rare and valuable mint-condition issue of ARGOSY magazine from October 24, 1936 is also included with this offering. |
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