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Jack O'Lantern
by George Goodchild (1888-1969)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About very good/Good
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
286+[1 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2") bond in original publisher's black cloth with green lettering to spine and cover with pictorial jacket. First American edition.
Jack O'Lantern is a 1929 mystery thriller novel by the British writer George Goodchild. Goodchild was a prolific writer of thrillers in the style of Edgar Wallace and Sydney Horler. It was published in the United States the following year by The Mystery League. Another of his novels The Monster of Grammont was published by them in 1931. Detectives from Scotland Yard attempt to track down a mysterious killer terrorizing London, known only as "Jack O'Lantern". It was adapted into a 1931 West End play of the same title and subsequently into the 1932 film Condemned to Death directed by Walter Forde and starring Arthur Wontner, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker.
Condition: Cocked, spine heals rubbed through, corners bumped and rubbed. Jacket stained and soiled, edge wear with tears and small chips, Two inches lacking from spine heal, head chipped else about very good in a good jacket.
Jack O'Lantern is a 1929 mystery thriller novel by the British writer George Goodchild. Goodchild was a prolific writer of thrillers in the style of Edgar Wallace and Sydney Horler. It was published in the United States the following year by The Mystery League. Another of his novels The Monster of Grammont was published by them in 1931. Detectives from Scotland Yard attempt to track down a mysterious killer terrorizing London, known only as "Jack O'Lantern". It was adapted into a 1931 West End play of the same title and subsequently into the 1932 film Condemned to Death directed by Walter Forde and starring Arthur Wontner, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker.
Condition: Cocked, spine heals rubbed through, corners bumped and rubbed. Jacket stained and soiled, edge wear with tears and small chips, Two inches lacking from spine heal, head chipped else about very good in a good jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1179
- Title
- Jack O'Lantern
- Author
- George Goodchild (1888-1969)
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Mystery League
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 286+[1 ad] pages
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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