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Burke, James Lee. The Convict - SIGNED Softcover. Louisiana State University Press, Louisiana, 1985.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in wraps as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. Very light wear to bottom edge, slight bumps to bottom front and rear corners.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. THE CONVICT. Louisiana State University Press, LA, 1985.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition first printing Fine in pictorial wrappers SIGNED BY BURKE ON THE TITLE PAGE
Seller: bookroom, Livingston, TX, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. The Convict. Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
Price: US$420.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing of the original softcover issue in Fine State inscribed by Burke on the title page. According to LSU, 1038 copies of the softcover were printed and 759 of the hardcover.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
BURKE, James Lee. The Convict. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1985.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Simultaneous paperback issue. Pictorial wrappers. Two very small spots on top edge else a fine copy. Signed by James Lee Burke on the half-title. Published simultaneously in both hard and soft covers, a collection of stories that received almost no distribution. Very scarce.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1020.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Three copies of Burke's scarcest book, a collection of stories set in Louisiana. 1) LSU hardcover first edition, often reported to be one of 500 copies, but I suspect that it's more like 1000 copies. This is a cleverly **RESTORED EX-LIBRARY COPY**, with new endpapers and faint tape shadows on the covers; library markings professionally removed from the title page. Signed by Burke on the title page. 2) UK hardcover first edition, also printed in small numbers (like the US edition, most copies were paperbacks). London: Orion, 1995. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket, inscribed by Burke, "To Tom, all the best, James Lee Burke." With a very short tear on the edge of the title page. 3) UK paperback first edition (issued simultaneously with the hardcover). A fine copy. In a custom black-cloth clamshell box.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
BURKE, James Lee. The Convict. Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, 1985.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 145 pages. Slim 8vo, cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press. 1985. First Edition. Nine stories. Signed in full on the title page. Fine copy of an uncommon book.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. The Convict. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1985.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth with spine lettered in magenta. Very light foxing to top of textblock edge, still Fine, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A very nice copy of the author's most ellusive book.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Burke, James Lee. The Convict. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1985.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by James Lee Burke on a typed letter laid into the book to a small press publisher. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent shape. 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.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: ; (145) pp.; Wraps; Fine; The hardbound Convict almost certainly had the smallest print run of any of Burke's books.____ This advance uncorrected proof format is quite possibly unique.____We offer a fine copy of this pre-publication format, signed by the author.____Spiral bound oblong format, 8.5x15", with title label mounted to front cover.____ Printed 2 pages across on rectos only.____Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "To my friends at Watermark"___ [kwA_ 1st Ed., NOISBN]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.