First printing of Harper Lee’s landmark novel, in an original first-issue dust jacket
Publisher and Year: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Edition: First edition (stated), first printing (later printings would be so stated). Unclipped first-issue dust jacket, meeting all requisite points: the front flap is priced $3.95, contains the Capote blurb printed in green, and lacks a printing statement; the rear flap bears the blurb by Jonathan Daniels; and the rear panel features Truman Capote's photo of Harper Lee. 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. Light fading to the edges of the boards; a horizontal scratch to the bottom edge of the rear board; slight softening to the spine ends; and a tiny puncture to the rear joint. Light soiling to the edges of the text block. Secure hinges and binding. Title page a trifle over-opened. Previous owner's name in ink to the front free endpaper ("Jean Carney / Holyoke VA). Clean pages otherwise, with no other writing, underlining, or prior owner's markings. The dust jacket exhibits fading, especially to the spine strip and along the joint of the front panel (as usual); rubbing, abrasions, and scratches to the surface; small losses to the tips and spine ends (not affecting any lettering); a one-inch split to the bottom of the rear joint; a small punctured area to the rear joint; a very faint humidity tideline to the bottom of the blindside; and toning to the flaps, rear panel, and blindside.
“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: 765 - 389 - 603
First printing of Harper Lee’s landmark novel, in an original first-issue dust jacket
Publisher and Year: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Edition: First edition (stated), first printing (later printings would be so stated). Unclipped first-issue dust jacket, meeting all requisite points: the front flap is priced $3.95, contains the Capote blurb printed in green, and lacks a printing statement; the rear flap bears the blurb by Jonathan Daniels; and the rear panel features Truman Capote's photo of Harper Lee. 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. Light fading to the edges of the boards; a horizontal scratch to the bottom edge of the rear board; slight softening to the spine ends; and a tiny puncture to the rear joint. Light soiling to the edges of the text block. Secure hinges and binding. Title page a trifle over-opened. Previous owner's name in ink to the front free endpaper ("Jean Carney / Holyoke VA). Clean pages otherwise, with no other writing, underlining, or prior owner's markings. The dust jacket exhibits fading, especially to the spine strip and along the joint of the front panel (as usual); rubbing, abrasions, and scratches to the surface; small losses to the tips and spine ends (not affecting any lettering); a one-inch split to the bottom of the rear joint; a small punctured area to the rear joint; a very faint humidity tideline to the bottom of the blindside; and toning to the flaps, rear panel, and blindside.
“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: 765 - 389 - 603
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