BURKE, James Lee. Heaven’s Prisoners. -- Black Cherry Blues. FIRST EDITIONS. PRESENTATION COPIES.
BURKE, James Lee (b. 1936). Heaven’s Prisoners. New York: Henry Hold and Company, [1988].
8vo. (Slight toning.) Original cloth-backed boards (slight wear to extremities); publisher’s dust jacket (slight toning to edges).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BURKE: “To Michael, All the Best, James Lee Burke.” The second book in Burke’s Dave Robicheaux series, Heaven’s Prisoners was adapted to film in 1996, starring Alec Baldwin.
[With:] BURKE. Black Cherry Blues. Boston et al: Little, Brown and Company, [1989]. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards (a few bumps to board edges); publisher’s dust jacket (slight toning). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BURKE: “To Michael Keith, All the Best, your pal, James Lee Burke.” The third book in Burke’s Dave Robicheaux series, Black Cherry Blues won the Edgar Award.