Peter Coffin Jonathan Latimer (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First 1989 edition of this hardcover book. White cloth on red boards. Boards are rigid and warp-free. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. Light foxing on page edges. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. DUST JACKET complete, NOT price-clipped. Some shelf wear, corners of dust jacket rubbed. Couple chips, couple slits edge of dust jacket. Will be protected with an archival book jacket cover. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now for pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. The Search for My Great-Uncle's Head is a mystery by Jonathan Latimer, written under the pen name Peter Coffin."When Peter Coffin's mysterious great-uncle Tobias summons the family to his manor in the wilds of Michigan, his aunt warns him to stay away." Wading through the estate's muck at midnight, Peter crosses paths with a singing, escaped lunatic who recently decapitated his own family. Upon reaching the house, Peter is greeted by hostile cousins bearing shotguns, who initially mistake the mud-covered professor for the madman. Shortly after his arrival, his wealthy and cruel great-uncle Tobias is murdered and decapitated in his study. In a classic twist of puzzle plotting, "both his head and his will go missing". While the local police assume the escaped ax-wielding maniac committed the crime, Peter suspects his own greedy, Coffin-named relatives. With the missing will dictating the family fortune, the hunt becomes a race to find both the killer and the patriarch's severed head before the family tears itself apart.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition under Latimer's name. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, Stated 1ST BRITISH Edition, 1st published in 1956, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, Small Black Cloth Titled in Yellow on Spine light wear, 5 X 7 1/2 in. DJ light wear Rub, Tiny Chips Tears Creases Extremities , light clear tape residue DJ, Back DJ light Fox wear & Small Thin Triangular chip Bottom blank Margin. 223 pgs, Interior nice tight cleanlight Wear FOX, Octavo. DJ protected in Clear Mylar. Remaider mark outer bottom pgs edge .He Tried to remember the Previous Evening & seemed to recall Blending Brandy & Champagne in a bar somewhere, Drinking Brandy in a Taxi & on a Roller Coaster. He woke to a strange Apt & a strange woman in the room with him.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, Stated Second Printing on Copyright pg, 1ST Edition, 1955, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, NF-/GOOD+, AS-IS, Black Boards Cvr with Red Cloth Spine Cvr Titled in Black on Spine Cvr, Dustjacket Has FADE, light wear, Fox & Small Tears to DJ Edges & Extremities, Clear TAPE Residue around top SpineDJ edge but Not Affecting Titles, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 in. DJ light wear Rub, Tiny Chips Tears Creases Extremities, Back DJ light Fox wear. 250 pgs, NO ADS in Back, Interior nice tight cleanlight Wear FOX, in Plain Color Dustjacket of Girls Head in Bed Nude with Sheet over Her with Long Flowing Hair. DJ protected in Clear Mylar. SMALL Edge Chips Top Front corner DJ & Bottom front edge DJ but NOT Affecting The Titles or Illustration, such that it is. DJ protected in Clear Mylar. 8 vo. .Sam Clay woke cautiously, his head Aching, a coppery taste in His Mouth. He Tried to remember the Previous Evening & seemed to recall Blending Brandy & Champagne in a bar somewhere, Drinking Brandy in a Taxi & on a Roller Coaster. He woke to a strange Apt & a strange woman in the room with him. Latimer's return to the novel form after years as a screen-and teleplay writer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Green cloth cover is lightly scuffed, lightly soiled, caps are crushed and rubbed, corners are lightly worn but cover is in fair condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Residue from removed library pocket on front paste down. Pages are lightly toned, with sparse soiling and in very good condition.; Ex-Library.…

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1] 2-297 [298-302: blank], original light green cloth, spine stamped in black, top edge stained green, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. The author's only book using this pseudonym. The author Peter Coffin is also the main character and narrator of the novel. [Reference: Hubin, p. 175]. Bookplate to front paste down, some sunning at the base of the spine, a very good to nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with light rubbing and edge wear, closed tears and creasing along the lower front panel, jagged chip encompassing the lower spine panel, 45 mm deep at the apex. An uncommon book in dust jacket. (31388). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Search for My Great Uncle's Head by Peter Coffin Jonathan Latimer First Edition The Crime Club Inc Doubleday, Doran & Company Garden City 1937. New York. Pseudonym of Jonathan Latimer. No previous owner's inscriptions. Small black pen mark to ffep. Contents and (uncut) edges free of any foxing or toning. Covers are fine and have no bumping to corners. In original VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. "The Search for My Great Uncle's Head" is a mystery novel by Jonathan Latimer, first published in 1937. The story follows private investigator Bill Crane, who is hired to investigate the disappearance of a valuable diamond necklace, which is believed to be in the possession of a wealthy eccentric who collects human heads. As Crane delves deeper into the case, he discovers a tangled web of deceit and murder, leading him on a thrilling and dangerous adventure. The novel is a fast-paced, hard-boiled detective story, with vivid characters and a twist ending that will leave readers on the edge of their seats. …