Jack O'Lantern by Goodchild, George - 1930

The Mystery League, inc. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0.

NY: Mystery League, 1930. [1st printing] 1930. Black cloth lettered and decorated in green on front and spine; 286pps. Edge and corner wear; tanning; minor soiling; light surface wear, bumps and dings; brief gidt note in pen on ffep.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with lettering. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed with visible markings throughout. Binding throughout is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Heavy wear marks to boards.

Mystery League, 1930. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In black cloth. Book has slight lean. No jacket. .

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,… Read More

NY: Mystery League. G. 1930. 1st ed. Black binding, green lettering & decoration. Owner inscription & partially removed name sticker fep, edge wear, binding rubbed. .

N.Y.: The Mystery League, Inc, 1930. 1st edition. Black cloth with green titles. Page edges mottled, slightly age toned else a near fine copy in dust jacket, a couple of chips, and rear cover is moderately soiled along with lettering at front. Jacket is not clipped. Mystery League titles did not have the price on an inside flap as they were mostly priced at .50 cents. Who was Jack O'Lantern? To Scotland Yard he was one of the cleverest criminals ever to pit his wits against their machinery for man-finding. He was many things to many people -- but no one really knew who he was......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.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Gene. Book.

New York: Mystery League, 1930. Good. First edition. Good. The top and bottom edges of the spine are very worn and the corners of the cover binding are very worn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Mystery, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus/hardcover. Pages turning brown. Corners and edges of cover fraying. Black cloth cover fading. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Mystery League, 1930. Good. First edition. Good. Spine leans. The corners are bent. Fraying at the top of the spine. Shelf rubbing. Former owners name inside. Back page torn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.