Lawrence Sterne Stevens (December 4, 1884 – 1960) was an American pulp fantasy and science fiction illustrator.
He is known for his interior story illustrations for Argosy and cover paintings for Adventure,Amazing, A. Merritt’s Fantasy Magazine, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, and Fantastic Novels.
Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 43-12, first cover for FFM.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 44-03, The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 44-06, The Greatest Adventure by John Taine.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FMM 44-09.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 48-08, The Purple Sapphire by John Taine.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 49-02, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 48-12, Nordenholt’s Million by J.J. Connington.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 48-10, The Lion’s Way by C.T. Stoneham.Larger image, no glare, better condition but the image isn’t as vibrant. Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 48-04, City of the Dead by Augusta Groner, written in 1910 in German.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FMM 49-06, The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 49-12, Ogden’s Strange Story by Edison Marshall.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM, 49-10, The Starkenden Quest by Gilbert Collins.One of my favorite LSS covers. Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 49-08, The Valley of Silent Men by E. Charles Vivian.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 49-04, Dian of the Lost Land by Edison Marshall.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 50-02, Morning Star by H. Rider Haggard.FFM 51-03. Lawrence Sterne Stevens, Walter Popp, and Bud Parker have all been suggested as the uncredited cover artist. Since Walter Popp and Bud Parker have no other FFM covers and 10 of the remaining 13 issues of the magazine were done by Stevens, my money is on him.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 51-05. She is a dead ringer for actress Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon).Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 50-04, The Secret People by John Beynon (John Wyndham).Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 49-12, Ogden’s Strange Story by Edison Marshall.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 52-06. Interesting how her bodice and hands form a skull face.The Bat Flies Low – Pulp CoversLawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 52-10, The Bat Flies Low by Sax Rohmer., FFM 52-10, The Bat Flies Low by Sax Rohmer.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 52-04, The Death Maker by Austin J. Small.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN Vol.1, No.1, 48-03, The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt.Gorgeous image! Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN 48-05, The Moon Pool by A. Merritt.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 53-04, The Wanderer’s Necklace by H. Rider Haggard.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 53-06, Anthem by Ayn Rand.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FFM 52-12, Skull-Face by Robert E. Howard.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN 49-05, The Eye of Balamok by Victor Rousseau.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN 1949-01, Seven Footprints to Satan by A. Merritt.Dinged & dirty but a better image. Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN 48-09, The Conquest of the Moon Pool by A. Merritt.One of my favorite LSS covers. Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN 48-09, The Conquest of the Moon Pool by A. Merritt.Creepy cool! Lawrence Sterne Stevens, Fantastic Novels 48-07, The Second Deluge by Garrett P. Serviss.Lawrence Sterne Stevens, FN 51-04, The Torch by Jack Bechdolt.
