Mystery, John.

Gipsy boy in torture town. (Sydney : Publicity Press, 1938)

“John Mystery” was an Australian children’s publishing phenomenon. His real name was Lester Sinclair and he operated from a castle in Sydney, “Adventure Castle”. His books always include, on the inside back cover, a letter to his young readers, beginning, “Dear Cobber”, and ending with, “I shall be looking for your letters! Yours merrily, John Mystery. My address is – John Mystery, Adventure Castle, Sydney. That’s all you need to put!”

The lurid cover to this particular title shows a scene from the Inquisition, with our hero about to be impaled inside an iron maiden while a monk with a prayer book looks on.

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