The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10years old. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Laid in is a signed half-title sheet from one of Lee's Anniversary Editions of Mockingbird, signed "Harper Lee" in blue ink.
A very attractive and collectible copy of this American classic in its original dust jacket. A very good plus dust jacket with a black and white photo on the rear panel of a reflective Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote. The patina of time reveals a 1960s vintage dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners, a few wrinkles along the edges, and one tiny scuff mark at the center edge of the jacket spine.The front inside flap has a few light vertical creases along the outer edge, not affecting any of the text. With the first issue quotes by Truman Capote in green ink at the top of the front flap and the Jonathan Daniels slug at the middle of the rear inside flap.
In a complete, handsome, first issue dust jacket with the original price of "$3.95" printed at the bottom of the front flap. With light creases to the top corners of pages 9 and 11.
If you’re interested in selling a first edition book or collection of books at auction with us, check out our first edition books consignment page for more information.Handsomely bound in a finely woven green cloth spine stamped crisply in brown lettering and brown paper-covered boards. The dust jackets for this book were printed on a photographic type of paper which tends to show every nick and crease and are often in very poor condition.įirst edition copies of “To Kill a Mockingbird” are seldom found in such good condition. “To Kill a Mockingbird” had an original print run of just 5,000 copies, many of which went directly to libraries. The dust jacket shows the original price of $3.95 at the bottom of the front flap while Jonathan Daniel reviews appear on the book’s back flap. The rear panel portrait of author Harper Lee was photographed by Truman Capote. The instantly recognizable dust jacket artwork shows a tree in autumn and was designed by Shirley Smith. First edition, first issue in a first state dust jacket.
Harper Lee’s classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
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