Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED FIRST EDITION. (1st printing with date of 1965 on title page, stated "First Printing" on copyright page.) Signed by James Lee Burke on bottom margin of the title page. Good+ with dampstain to back board, foxing to edges, in a Very Good+ dust jacket, spine a little sunned, light wear, unclipped ($4.95). Burke's first boorke-- uncommon in the first printing.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1965.
Price: US$725.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Author's first novel. Signed on half title page. Slight wear on bottom board corner and some fading on top page edges. Dust jacket, with price on flap, has a few 1/2" to 1" tears, rubs and edgewear. Mylar cover on jacket. Housed in a a very good brown and tan slipcase. SIGNED
Seller: Old Algonquin Books, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. First printing stated, signed by the author on the title page. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector with very slight rubbing to the edges. A copy in fine condition.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. HALF OF PARADISE. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1965.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. The first book by the Edgar Award-winning writer best known for his Dave Robicheaux series of mystery novels. Octavo. Original light brown cloth binding, with dark brown and white stamping. The ink stamp of Burke's first literary agent, Kurt Hellmer, appears on the first three pages. Faint spotting to the top edge, with some mild edgewear to the dust jacket. Better than very good.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. HALF OF PARADISE. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1965.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. The first book by the Edgar Award-winning writer best known for his Dave Robicheaux series of mystery novels. Octavo. Original light brown cloth binding, with dark brown and white stamping. A few tiny nicks along the bottom edge of the boards; else an especially crisp, very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor shelfwear.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1965.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 312pp. Octavo [22 cm] in tan cloth. Light dampstaining to the price-clipped jacket and spine.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
James Lee Burke. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of Burke's debut novel, signed by the author to the title page. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Publisher's original brown cloth boards, dark brown spine label with titles stamped in white; pp. (viii), 312. A near fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square, minimal wear to boards, internally clean. Jacket show slight shelfwear and rubbing to extremities with a touch of sunning to spine, protected in archival mylar.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half Of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1965.
Price: US$800.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG/VG in mylar. A stated 1st edition/1st printing in very good condition. Signed (twice) and inscribed by author on title page. There is some wear to jacket, minor chipping to top of spine. The jacket is not price clipped, the covers are clean and bright, with a small indent on front boards, and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex. lib. Slight foxing to fore edge.
Seller: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$935.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo; tan cloth, blocked and titled in dark brown and white on spine and front cover; burgundy topstain; dustjacket; 312pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Subtle fading to topstain, with a small rubbed spot to same, else a tight, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.95), gently spine-sunned, with light shelfwear and a short tear at lower edge of rear panel; Very Good+. Clean copy of the author's first book, a novel following the struggles of three down-and-outer's in Louisiana.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965., 1965.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. 8vo. 312 pp. Original light brown cloth binding. The author's first book. INSCRIBED by Burke on the title page. This is a near fine book in a very good price intact DJ with some edge wear/shallow very small edge tears.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing of this beautiful copy of Burke's first book. Bump to spine end, else Fine. Sticker gum residue over original price of $4.95., light edge wear along bottom, bump to top of spine with wrinkle and a double pin head scuff. Signed by Burke on the FFEP.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee.. HALF OF PARADISE.. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY., BOSTON, 1965.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED & warmly INSCRIBED by James Lee Burke on the title page. Close to fine in a near fine dj. (Couple short edge tears & traces of light shelf wear to dj.) Author's FIRST book. (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. Half of Paradise. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by James Lee Burke on a laid in signature. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that is vibrant in color with light wear to the edges. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has no chips or pieces missing. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a sharp copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy James Lee Burke First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: ; 129 pp.; Wraps; VG; Uncorrected galley proofs, printed on the rectos only. Spiral bound wrappers with typed label on front cover.____ Signed by the author on the half-title.____ The author's first book.____All of Jim's early books received good critical review, but enjoyed little monetary success.____Perhaps they were viewed as being too regional and so dismissed.____If so he turned that "regionalism" to good purpose when he created and sustained the Dave Robicheaux mystery series.____Sometimes nice guys do finish first. [kwA_ 1st Ed. ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.