First printing of Harper Lee’s landmark novel
Publisher and Year: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Edition: First edition stated, first printing (later printings would be so stated). All reprints lack the first edition statement. Lacks the original dust jacket. One of only 5,000 copies printed on July 11, 1960.
Condition and Description: Octavo, brown paper-covered boards with green cloth spine stamped in brown, 296 pp. The boards are well-preserved with only modest wear. The upper tip of the front board is bumped and worn through, as shown. A little soiling and staining to the edges of the text block. Hinges and binding secure, but with a one-inch split of the endpaper at the front gutter, the title page just barely starting, and a little over-opening at the first page (all shown in the pictures). Spine slanted and lightly faded. Remnants of a bookplate to the front pastedown. Minor scattered staining to the pages, with representative examples shown. No writing, underlining, or prior owner markings. A solid and presentable example of the first printing of Lee’s classic novel.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
Set in Depression-era Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird confronts racial injustice and moral courage through the eyes of Scout Finch, whose father Atticus stands as literature’s enduring model of integrity. Lee drew heavily on her own childhood in Monroeville, Alabama, where her friendship with Truman Capote provided the model for the character Dill. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and became a lasting bestseller, with more than forty million copies sold worldwide. Its plainspoken yet lyrical style made it an instant classic not only with the general public, but with critics as well, with the novel appearing on the Modern Library’s list of the 100 best novels, Time Magazine’s All-Time 100 Novels, and The Guardian’s survey of the 100 best novels written in English. Immortalized in cinema by the 1962 adaptation starring Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird endures as both a beloved family story and a cultural emblem in the national conversation on fairness and compassion.
Inventory ID: 032 - 650 - 653
First printing of Harper Lee’s landmark novel
Publisher and Year: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Edition: First edition stated, first printing (later printings would be so stated). All reprints lack the first edition statement. Lacks the original dust jacket. One of only 5,000 copies printed on July 11, 1960.
Condition and Description: Octavo, brown paper-covered boards with green cloth spine stamped in brown, 296 pp. The boards are well-preserved with only modest wear. The upper tip of the front board is bumped and worn through, as shown. A little soiling and staining to the edges of the text block. Hinges and binding secure, but with a one-inch split of the endpaper at the front gutter, the title page just barely starting, and a little over-opening at the first page (all shown in the pictures). Spine slanted and lightly faded. Remnants of a bookplate to the front pastedown. Minor scattered staining to the pages, with representative examples shown. No writing, underlining, or prior owner markings. A solid and presentable example of the first printing of Lee’s classic novel.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
Set in Depression-era Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird confronts racial injustice and moral courage through the eyes of Scout Finch, whose father Atticus stands as literature’s enduring model of integrity. Lee drew heavily on her own childhood in Monroeville, Alabama, where her friendship with Truman Capote provided the model for the character Dill. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and became a lasting bestseller, with more than forty million copies sold worldwide. Its plainspoken yet lyrical style made it an instant classic not only with the general public, but with critics as well, with the novel appearing on the Modern Library’s list of the 100 best novels, Time Magazine’s All-Time 100 Novels, and The Guardian’s survey of the 100 best novels written in English. Immortalized in cinema by the 1962 adaptation starring Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird endures as both a beloved family story and a cultural emblem in the national conversation on fairness and compassion.
Inventory ID: 032 - 650 - 653
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