ABANDONED. just remember the cover had a bald guy with spider web tattoos carrying an oil lamp

[Enid79]

I've been trying to remember the title for this book for ages now. I remember reading it in elementary back in the 90s but I don't really remember the story (just that I loved it). I think this was a horror story and had to do with an oil lamp. Aside from that all I remember was the cover that had a picture of a bald guy with spider web tattoos and very bad dark circles around his eyes. The guy was wearing a dark cloak and carrying an oil lamp while walking through the forest at night. I could have sworn it was called "The Oil Lamp" but I haven't been able to find anything with that title matching the description.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Tab]

Enid, was this book for adults or young adults?

Was the cover a photo or an illustration? If illustration, did it look cartoony, realistic, etc?

How was the title designed on the cover? Was it at the top, bottom, middle? Color? Font?

Feel free to post any other recollections, no matter how small. It may stick out to someone :)

[LauraW]

From your description, this probably isn't it, but it does remind me a bit of it.
The Amulet of Samarkand

[Enid79]

@Tab:

It was for young adults I believe and the cover was an illustration which looked cartoony.

As for the title I can't for the life of me remember .__. but everything else was in either black or dark grey.

Thanks for the advice! :)

[Enid79]

@ LauraW:

No that's not it I remember you could see the guy [who seemed a little on the heavy side lol] from head to toe or at least almost all his body. It wasn't a close up of him at all.

This book has been driving me crazy for years now @_@

[Rob]

Doesn't sound promising in terms of the story but a bald guy with facial tattoos? Gully Foyle from 'The Stars My Destination'.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...

[Enid79]

No, that isn't it.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Enid79, are you still looking?

[Emlen]

I think this is "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb," by John Bellairs. I remember that cover too.

[caracal-eyes]

Emlen wrote: "I think this is "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb," by John Bellairs. I remember that cover too."

Here's the link to Emlen's suggestion: The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb

[Ann aka Iftcan]

seems to be the closest I can get to the description of the cover for Emlen's suggestion.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Enid79, was "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb" your book, or are you still looking?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

No response in 4+ years and in 2.5 years. Moving to Abandoned.