# Is "The Burning Hills" by Louis L'Amour a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Burning Hills by Louis L'Amour (Jason Press, 1956) is identified by: Jason Press hardcover first, dated 1956, issued with dust jacket; about 153 pages. True first US hardcover edition; prior magazine serialization does not constitute a book edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Jason Press hardcover first, dated 1956, issued with dust jacket; about 153 pages
- Jason Press first editions of this period carry no number line, so first-printing status rests on the 1956-dated Jason Press imprint and title-page/copyright-page setting rather than on a printer's key
- The story was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in 1955 before this book edition
- Publisher imprint reads Jason Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| Publisher | Jason Press |
| Year | 1956 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Jason Press hardcover first, dated 1956, issued with dust jacket; about 153 pages |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Jason Press hardcover first, dated 1956, issued with dust jacket; about 153 pages. Jason Press first editions of this period carry no number line, so first-printing status rests on the 1956-dated Jason Press imprint and title-page/copyright-page setting rather than on a printer's key. The story was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in 1955 before this book edition.

## Is this the true first?
True first US hardcover edition; prior magazine serialization does not constitute a book edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition of the true first. Later Bantam paperbacks (from 1961 onward) and film tie-in printings are reprints, not firsts.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Burning Hills* by Louis L'Amour a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-burning-hills
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.