Jonathan Latimer, Signed (16 results)

Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jonathan Latimer (illustrator). First Edition. 175pp, illustrated with colour images painted and drawn by Jonathan Latimer, pages clean and crisp, illustrated endpapers, author's ink presentation inscription to title page, brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, unclipped dust jacket, slight curling to top edge of front cover - a very good copy with some very attractive artwork. PLEASE NOTE - EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING, AS THIS IS A LARGE BOOK. Size: Quarto. Presentation Copy - Author. Art.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "First printing" stated. Not price clipped; original $3.00 price showing. Signed "Jonathan Latimer" (full name only) diagonally to otherwise blank FFE. Bottom half-inch of jacket spine is missing. Tough newspaper guy wakes up next to an attractive young blonde he doesn't know. And . . . she's dead. Latimer, author of the hard-boiled (and hard-to-find) "Solomon's Vineyard" (1941) was a screenwriter who adapted Hammett's "The Glass Key" (1942) and "The Big Clock" (1948), among others, eventually moving on to write either 26 or 32 (tallies differ) episodes of television's "Perry Mason." Signed 1950s mystery; 250 pp., here reduced from $230. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good-plus. Stated first edition. Red boards, red topstain. NO dust jacket. Inscribed "To Pat Ball" and signed "Jonathan Latimer" to the blank FFE. (Robert "Pat" Ball was perhaps America's best pre-World War II African-American golfer -- when blacks were banned from the PGA and instead competed on the "Chitlin' Circuit" of the United Golfers' Association -- but it's a common name and whether Latimer signed to THAT Pat Ball we can't be sure.) Third novel (called by some his "madcap masterpiece") by Latimer, who went on to become a screen writer in Hollywood, adapting Hammett's "The Glass Key" (1942) and Kenneth Fearing's "The Big Clock" (1948), among others, and eventually moving on to write either 26 or 32 (tallies differ) episodes of television's "Perry Mason." The 1938 Universal film of "Lady in the Morgue" (photography by Stanley Cortez) starred Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Wild Bill Elliott (billed as Gordon Elliott) and blonde bombshell Barbara Pepper, probably now best remembered as the first Doris Ziffel in the situation comedy "Green Acres" (1965-68). Wise-cracking detective mystery. 296 pp. Reduced from $540.As with all our items priced higher than $90, this item will be shipped "signature required.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 218pp. Purple cloth w gilt title to spine and front panel. No 109 in a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 300. Clean, tight and bright, a lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Signed limited edition of Solomon's Vineyard by Jonathan Latimer. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo, 218pp, [1]. Purple cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Solid text block, lightly bumped corners, a near fine example. Signed by the author on limitation page at rear. From a limited edition of 300 copies, this being number 71. Signed.

Hardcover. 8vo. Black mesh cloth with green lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 306pp. Pictorial title page, illustration. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, mainly at spine head and tail; inoffensive scrape (likely from price sticker removal) at upper right of jacket front panel. Handsome and super tight first of this edition, being Latimer's 1935 title "Headed for a Hearse" (Doubleday, Doran) reissued to coincide with the 1937 mystery film starring Preston Foster. This copy bears a fine autograph addition: Green front flyleaf bears a 2½" X 2½" yellow slip signed in ink by Foster's co-star, Carol Hughes. Foster plays smart aleck New York detective Bill Crane and Hughes (1910-95) plays Emily Lou Martin. A superb, unusual copy.

218 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered leather in mylar wrapper. First edition; lettered copy "v" signed by Jonathan Latimer (of 26; total edition 426). Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Black is the Fashion for Dying by Jonathan Latimer (First Edition) Signed A firm square copy. Minor edge wear. Price-clipped. Clear protective cover. Signed by the Author on the title page, no inscription. States,"First Printing." An American Crime Novel. BOOK.

218 [1] pp. Small 8vo, publisher's special full leather. First edition; Lettered copy "f" of 26 (total edition 326 copies), signed by Jonathan Latimer. Fine; almost very fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Spine foxed and rubbed, very good in like dustwrapper. Signed by the author and uncommon thus.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, stated 1st edition, 1959 , OP, Black boards with beige cloth at spine very light fox spine area, DJ light wear , rub & small mended tear, light small residue back DJ, F-/NF, 241 PGS. Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Hard-boiled crime novel] FIRST UK EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth titled to spine in yellow in illustrated dust-wrapper by Pat Marriott. SIGNED and inscribed by Latimer on a bookplate to "A friend in Devon." (Eileen Cond; noted correspondent of the great and the good including of course, Ian Fleming). Light spotting to edges and rear panel, price clipped, but essentially a bright, near fine copy. A Sam Clay mystery, in which our hero wakes up and encounters that perennial problem of the heavy drinking journalist; a corpse in his bed. Recipient Eileen Cond was well-known as a prominent collector of thrillers, also a correspondent of Ian Fleming, Dennis Wheatley and Berkely Mather, among others, and the first Secretary to the James Bond Fan Club. Jacket artist Pat Marriott illustrated three book jackets for Ian Fleming. Later part of the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Signed.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Condition: FINE. 6"x 3 1/2" card SIGNED by famed crime author Jonathan Latimer (signature only). SIGNED.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Mat and Margaret - from your star boarder of many years standing - Jack Latimer". Octavo. Original red cloth backed black boards, titles to spine in black. With dust jacket. Edges of boards and ends of spine faded, foxing and partial tanning to endpapers. A very good copy in the rubbed jacket with a "signed" sticker to the split and chipped spine panel.

Etats-Unis, New York, Random House, Inc, 1959. In-12 cartonnage éditeur, pleine toile noire, de 240 pages au format 14,5 x 21,5 cm. Couverture avec non de l'auteur argenté. Dos rond avec titre. Complet de la jaquette illustrée par Paul Bacon, en superbe état, avec dos un peu insolé, infimes frottis aux coins et petit manque en haut du dos. Belle photographie de l'auteur au 4ème plat. Plats et intérieur frais. Rare édition originale américaine en superbe état de fraicheur. Magnifique et précieux exemplaire enrichi d'une magnifique dédicace autographe, signée de Jonathan Latimer : Hattie and Red Perry, greetings and hopes for martinis and another meeting soon ! + une belle lettre autographe, sous enveloppe, de l'épouse de l'auteur " Jo Ann Latimer " adressée aux mêmes destinataires que ceux de la dédicace de son mari : Dear Hattie and Red, We had much fun being with you and hope you'll come back to La Jolla soon I We had a great time in Las Vegas with Fran. Yesterday we had a big day in Tijuana at the horse races & Jai Lai. She plans to be in LA Jolla another week. We all got cleaned in Las Vegas but what a way to love it. Our weather is quite perfect. I hope you enjoy the book. Its not one of my favourites but the author likes it. Come back soon. Affectionately. Jo Ann. Les dédicaces de Jonathan Latimer sont rares.

First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf, "For John, All the best, Jonathan Latimer." Light offsetting to the front and rear endpapers, endpapers lightly soiled, small number "207" stamped on upper portion of front fly leaf, else very good, tight copy in a bright, unfaded, price-clipped dust jacket with some minor, internal professional restoration. Detective Bill Crane and his gang of sleuths are sent to a Chicago suburb to investigate a murder and death threats made to the family of an industrial magnate. Crane solves the murder case and at the same time learns the secret of the gardenia perfume, the lipstick marks on the dead man's face, the crimson cat, the three shelves, and a hairpin. Attractive Crime Club title.