Jonathan Latimer, First Edition (167 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First IPL printing. Has noticeable wear.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Prtg. 1st pbk ed. Oversize wraps., spine slant else very good. Originally published in 1937 as by Peter Coffin. A classic country-house mystery written by one of the masters of the hard-boiled genre. The novel opens with a scholarly professor arriving at a remote Michigan mansion at night during a storm. He is there at the invitation of his wealthy great-uncle, as are numerous other relatives, presumably to learn about their inheritances. Quite soon the great-uncle is found dead in his study. His head is--well--missing--along with his new will. Everyone assumes the murderer is an escaped lunatic who killed his family by decapitation. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. There is wear around the edges and corners with some corner blemishes.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First MacFadden-Bartell edition, first printing # 50 221 of the second novel in the "Bill Crane" series. Originally published but used as the basis of the 1937 movie "The Westland Case" and republished in 1938 under the title "The Westland Case". Spine slant. Light reading creases. Black marker to the base of the book. Two random small stains to the page blocks. Reading copy only. In fair condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Dell edition, first printing # D196 of the second novel in the "Bill Crane" series. Originally published under the title "Headed for a Hearse" but used as the basis of the 1937 movie "The Westland Case" republished in 1938 under the title "The Westland Case". Number 6 in the "Dell Great Mystery Library" series. Light edgewear. Slight sun fading to the spine. In very good condition.

Mass_Market_Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dell D196; cover scuffed; pages toned; First Dell edition of classic Latimer novel first published 1935. // shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Robert Westland's date with the executioner is just around the corner when he finally decides to fight the murder rap sending him to the electric chair. Framed for his wife's grisly demise, Westland is in a bind, and his last hope is Bill Crane, a booze-soaked detective who's as ruthless with a quip as he is when trawling the streets for Chicago's must brutal criminal element. Crane's got just six days to suss out the real killer; he sets his sights on a cast of oddball characters, aided by a lime squeezer, a quart of whiskey, a monkey wrench, a taxicab, a stopwatch, and a deep sea diver. but in 1930s Chicago, everyone's got a secret, and the pressure is on for Crane to separate the dangerous from the truly homicidal before it's too late. The second novel in the Bill Crane series, Headed for a Hearse is a tough, hardboiled tale with a baffling locked-room mystery at its core and plenty of screwball antics throughout. In 1937, it was adapted for the screen as The Westland Case. Penzler Publishers, Softcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2022 THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scuff to the front cover near the bottom. Otherwise a clean, tight copy that is unmarked and apparently unread.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. An abridged mystery from the mid 1940s. Mercury Book 38. Light wear at the edges with some mild rubbing at the hinges. Light soiling in spots around the spine. Wear at the spine heel. A good to very good copy.

Paperback. first PB. P-194, good , creases hardboiled adventure, paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. International Polygonics 1988.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. #246, Nov., First Printing. 242pp. Cover by Leo Manso. Light general wear, neatly repaired tear at spine top. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Push-Pin Studios (cover design) (illustrator). First Thus. A 1st print (stated) of a 1st thus of an abridged edition of a mystery from the mid 1930s. Dell Book D196. # 6 of the Dell Great Mystery Library. Light wear at the edges of the covers with some rubbing to the spine hinges. Light browning to the pages. A good to very good copy.

Softcover. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Schnitt leicht nachgedunkelt, 170 Seiten.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Push-Pin Studios (cover design) (illustrator). First Thus. A 1st print (stated) of a 1st thus of an abridged edition of a mystery from the mid 1930s. Dell Book D196. # 6 of the Dell Great Mystery Library. Light wear at the edges of the covers. Light browning to the pages. Clean and crisp. A very good copy.

Paperback. first PB. 246, very good , creases hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Paperback. first edition. 1136 very good , creases Cover by Meese. paperback,

Paperback. first PB. P-194, very good , creases hardboiled adventure, paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 246, very good + hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Paperback. first edition. D-196 very good -fine, reading crease paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing Thus. First Pocket Books printing, mass market paperback, has a moderate lean to the binding with minor reading creases to spine, light bumps to spine ends and cover corners, tiny cross creases to spine, very slight edgewear to covers and along hinges, and a hint of wear to head of text block, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy.

Paperback. first PB. 246, very good -fine, , reading crease hardboiled mystery, paperback,

Paperback. first PB. P-194, very good - fine, spine crease hardboiled adventure, paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. Popular Library 301. Softcover, edition not stated (presumed first printing), few tiny tears to edges, some creases and light rubbing to covers, slight lean, store stamp to first page, otherwise bright, a Good+ copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ISBN 155882023X. Trade Paperback in near fine condition with flat spine. First printing.

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Prtg. 1st prtg. Oversize trade pbk. Fine. Latimer wrote 9 detective novels. He also wrote or co-wrote 20 film scripts, including such noir classics as the secon version of Dashiell Hammett's "The Glass Key", Kenneth Fearing's "the Big Clock", and Cornell woolrich's "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes". Moving to Television, he scripted 45 original stotries and adapted 50 Earle Stanley Gardner novels for the Perry Mason series. Focusing on the detective fiction, he analyzes Latimer's use of puzzle-mystery and tough guy convention in the Chicago and Miami novels of the William Crane series and the Karl Craven "Solomon's Vineyard". Trade Paperback.

Spiral bound. Condition: Poor. Illustrated by COOK, CHRIS ARTIST (illustrator). FIRST EDITION.THUS. POOR CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID TEXT BLOCK, BUT LACKS BACK COVER. cover has sticker removal scar -took off "Colonel Jona" from cover. OW book is quite nice.Includes blank "Special Recipes page at end of book, so all text is present.Inner cover has gift note from" Sincerly Your friend. Winifred Miller ". MISSING BACK COVER.ELSE OK. has no date, but appears to be 1939."GALESBURG O.T.JOHNSON CO.STORE 75 YEARS OLD" advert was started in 1864) ; Some, not all recipes have names of local women OAK PARK;CHILLICTHE; . Book also has ADVERTS for local ABINGDON, ILLINOIS businesses and glossy, bound in color flyer advert for SWAN'S DOWN "Million Dollar Cake".Stiff card cover is light green with DARK GREEN TITLES. ; 90+pgps pages; many popular recipes.unpainted wire spiral binding.(no back cover).SOME RELATIONSHIP TO RONALD"DUTCH" REAGAN?

Paperback. first edition. D-196 almost near fine paperback,