Albert Dubensc – The House of Fear 1940s Turkish Book Turkey Pseudo
Albert Dubensc – The House of Fear (Korku Evi) – Yıldız Kitabevi 1940s Edition – Turkish
Description:
The House of Fear is the 4th volume of the Polis Cep Romanları Serisi, a series of popular police and detective adventure novels published by Yıldız Kitabevi. Featuring the character Dick Scott, the book represents an example of the inexpensive popular fiction and dime novel culture that was widely circulated in Turkey during the mid-20th century.
Unlike many translated detective novels of the period, The House of Fear was not based on an original foreign literary work. Books of this type were sometimes written locally and published under invented foreign-sounding author names or as fictional series, allowing Turkish publishers to offer readers the style of Western detective and pulp adventure fiction that was highly popular at the time.
The character Dick Scott belongs to this tradition of localized popular detective fiction. The fast-paced atmosphere, mystery, danger, and police-adventure elements are characteristic of the pulp-style novels produced for mass readership during the period.
As an example of Turkey’s early popular crime and detective publishing culture, this book has particular interest for collectors of vintage Turkish pulp fiction, detective novels, and ephemeral popular literature. Its place as No. 4 in the Polis Cep Romanları Serisi makes it an especially interesting example of this largely overlooked publishing tradition.
Key Features:
• Author: Albert Dubensc
• Original Title: The House of Fear
• Turkish Title: Korku Evi
• Publisher: Yıldız Kitabevi
• Series: Polis Cep Romanları Serisi – No. 4
• Publication Year: 1940s
• Language: Turkish
• Genre: Detective Fiction, Crime, Pulp Fiction, Adventure
• Main Character: Dick Scott
• Subject: Police and detective adventure centered around mystery, danger, and investigation
• Collector Appeal: Vintage Turkish dime novel and an example of the locally produced, pseudonymous detective fiction culture of the period
• Condition: Back cover missing; small tears inside the book