Item #16939 To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee.

To Kill A Mockingbird

First Edition

Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York. , 1960. This is the First edition of the BOTM, and the stated "Seventh Printing" on price-clipped dust jacket. Like the original trade first edition first printing Quarter green cloth over brown cover boards. The book cover has a small black dot in the corner that tells us it is not the trade edition. Also with the same dust jacket front image as the first printing, but different D.J back cover. Measures 5.5" x 8.25", and has 296 pages. The book was published on July 11, 1960, but because Harper Lee had never published a book before, the publisher had estimated a small first printing run and had to do multiple printings within a few months. In the years since, it has sold more than 30 million copies. The story of a young girl Scout and her father Atticus Finch, a white lawyer who defends a Black man against a racist rape charge became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, with the book's popularity soaring, it was made into an Academy Award winning film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. Very Good Condition book and original dustjacket in vibrant in color in very good condition, one small 1/2 inch tear covered with tape on top of spine. Binding is sound and hinges secure. Overall a very attractive copy in very good condition.

Item #16939

Price: $450.00