The Body in the Turl -an Evan Pinkerton Story -by David Frome (aka Mr Pinkerton Finds a Body )( Mystery )
by ( Later Printing of This UK Edition ) Frome, David (pseudonym for Zenith Jones Brown -aka Leslie Ford )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ ( see Description )/Fair (see description)
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: London, UK: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1942, 1st Longman Thrillers Edition, Later Printing, 1942. ----------( later printing of this Edition ) ---hard cover, a Very Good+ example with light wear, in an attractive BUT Fair only dustjacket, some chips and tears especially at spine tips, ---bookplate for Sterling and Margaret Campbell partially attached to front flap, --- STERLING CAMPBELL was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film Bush Pilot, one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a Canadian film production company. ---Campbell served in the Canadian Army during the First World War. He later worked in Hollywood, California as a technical and action assistant director, including the films Wings, Dawn Patrol, Hell's Angels, Air Circus, Legion of the Condemned, Forced Landing and Ceiling Zero, and as an assistant to Cecil B. DeMille and Howard Hawks. He also had minor acting roles in the films Forced Landing, Hands Across the Table, Professional Soldier and Love Is News. ---He subsequently returned to Canada, where he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He married Margaret Campbell, later a Toronto City Councillor and Member of Provincial Parliament, in 1941 ---With Geoffrey Wood, Larry Cromien and Austin Willis, Campbell launched Dominion Productions in 1946 Bush Pilot was the company's first film. Due to poorer than expected revenues, however, the company never released another film under their management, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description )/Fair (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 5w x 7.75h Inches. Price Clipped Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168691
- Title
- The Body in the Turl -an Evan Pinkerton Story -by David Frome (aka Mr Pinkerton Finds a Body )( Mystery )
- Author
- ( Later Printing of This UK Edition ) Frome, David (pseudonym for Zenith Jones Brown -aka Leslie Ford )
- Illustrator
- Photo Cover
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ ( see Description )
- Jacket Condition
- Fair (see description)
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- London, UK: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1942, 1st Longman Thrillers Edition, Later Printing
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 5w x 7.75h Inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ryanbook
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery Adventure;
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Leonard Shoup
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Burlington, Ontario
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- Good+
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...