First printing of Harper Lee’s landmark novel
Publisher and Year: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Edition: First edition, first printing (later printings would be stated and lack the first edition statement). Lacking the original dust jacket. One of 5,000 copies published on July 11, 1960.
Condition and Description: Octavo, 8.25” x 5”, brown paper-covered boards with green cloth spine stamped in brown, 296 pp. Mild shelfwear and a couple of faint stains to the cloth; spine sunned; lower-front tip rubbed through. Firm hinges. Securely bound, though the gutter before p. 81 is cracking. Dampstain to the upper edge of the text block, with virtually no intrusion. Tiny mark to the fore-edge of p. 210. Previous owner’s name and address label to the front free endpaper; unmarked otherwise.
“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: 847 - 128 - 536
First printing of Harper Lee’s landmark novel
Publisher and Year: Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Edition: First edition, first printing (later printings would be stated and lack the first edition statement). Lacking the original dust jacket. One of 5,000 copies published on July 11, 1960.
Condition and Description: Octavo, 8.25” x 5”, brown paper-covered boards with green cloth spine stamped in brown, 296 pp. Mild shelfwear and a couple of faint stains to the cloth; spine sunned; lower-front tip rubbed through. Firm hinges. Securely bound, though the gutter before p. 81 is cracking. Dampstain to the upper edge of the text block, with virtually no intrusion. Tiny mark to the fore-edge of p. 210. Previous owner’s name and address label to the front free endpaper; unmarked otherwise.
“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: 847 - 128 - 536
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