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Sinners and Shrouds written by Jonathan Latimer
1956 British hardcover first edition, first issue published by Methuen in London
A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped dust jacket
The book shows no names, inscriptions or stamps but has bookplate to pastedown, very nice one and the Earl of Morley's !
Clean text block, a few light spots to edges and boards, tight and square
The jacket is unclipped with no real loss
An excellent mystery and a very collectable author
A nice attractive book and a solid copy
For Sale at £17 (US $ approx $27) *sh - free delivery worldwide !

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Solomon's Vineyard - Jonathan Latimer
1941 UK hardback first edition, first issue, Methuen, London
A VG+ book sadly sans dust jacket
The book shows no names, inscriptions or stamps etc
Clean text block and boards, tight and square
Not released unexpurgated in the US till the 1980's
Reading the first page seems at first to suggest why it was censored for the US market
However it is, I believe, the twist at the end
An important title
Very rare and the only copy we have ever handled
£SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - free delivery worldwide !
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Brief Biography
LATIMER, Jonathan (Wyatt). Also writes as Peter Coffin. American. Born in Chicago, Illinois, 23 October 1906. Educated at Mesa Ranch School, Arizona, 1922-25; Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, A.B. 1929 (Phi Beta Kappa). Served in the United States Navy, 1942-45. Married 1) Ellen Baxter Peabody in 1937, one daughter and two sons; 2) Jo Ann Han?lik in 1954. Journalist: reporter. Herald-Examiner (later Chicago Tribune), 1930-33; ghostwriter for Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes; screenwriter after 1940. Died 23 June 1983.

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	Sinners and Shrouds written by Jonathan Latimer 1956 British hardcover first edition, first issue published by Methuen in London A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped dust jacket The book shows no names, inscriptions or stamps but has bookplate to pastedown, very nice one and the Earl of Morley's ! Clean text block, a few light spots to edges and boards, tight and square The jacket is unclipped with no real loss An excellent mystery and a very collectable author A nice attractive book and a solid copy For Sale at £17 (US $ approx $27) *sh - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Solomon's Vineyard - Jonathan Latimer 1941 UK hardback first edition, first issue, Methuen, London A VG+ book sadly sans dust jacket The book shows no names, inscriptions or stamps etc Clean text block and boards, tight and square Not released unexpurgated in the US till the 1980's Reading the first page seems at first to suggest why it was censored for the US market However it is, I believe, the twist at the end An important title Very rare and the only copy we have ever handled £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart