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”To Kill a Mockingbird” Advance Reading Copy — One of Less Than 500 Printed, With Few Still Extant

Advance reading copy of Harper Lee’s ”To Kill a Mockingbird” with a letter by J.B. Lippincott Co. sales manager printed on the front wrapper. Letter reads, ”This first novel has hit the jackpot!…The novel will be published in July at $3.95…” Letter also contains blurb by Truman Capote. Previous owner’s name and address written in pencil to the front free endpaper, a former nun who bought for a religious bookstore in Boston. Copy is in very good to near fine condition; spine somewhat cocked, toning and light soiling to wrappers and overall light wear. It is estimated that between 400-500 advance reading copies of ”To Kill a Mockingbird” were printed, and only a handful are known to exist today. Sold for $8,098

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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird First Edition With Double Review Dustjacket

Exceptionally scarce “double review” first printing dustjacket and book To Kill a Mockingbird first edition by Harper Lee. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company: 1960. First edition includes the scarce first issue dustjacket with two reviews on the back flap by Shirley Ann Grau and Phyllis McGinley, in addition to the standard first edition frontflap quote from her long-time neighbor and friend, Truman Capote. Harper Lee’s portrayal of life in a small Alabama town captured the essence of the South and became an instant American classic. The 8.25″ x 5.5″ volume with brown boards and green backstrip is housed in a custom leather case. Minor soiling to the page edges and boards with some fading to backstrip. Price-clipped dustjacket shows overall edgewear. Overall very good plus condition. Great example of a To Kill a Mockingbird first edition.  Sold for $8,500.

”To Kill a Mockingbird” Signed by Harper Lee in 1960, the Year of Publication

Scarce early Harper Lee signature on a first edition, fourth printing of her classic, ”To Kill a Mockingbird” published by J.B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia: 1960. The elusive Pulitzer Prize winning author pens a rare inscription on the front free endpaper the year of the book’s release: ”To Scottie Frasier’s Godchildren: Terry and Al Rosen, With the best wishes of Harper Lee / September 14, 1960.” Harper Lee’s portrayal of life in a small Alabama town captured the essence of the South and became an instant American classic. She never finished a second novel and granted almost no interviews or public appearances. Volume runs 296pp. and measures 5.5” x 8.25”. Later eighth printing dustjacket encases the book. Some light wear to edges of dustjacket, else near fine condition. Sold for $6,250.

Harper Lee Signed First Edition of Her Pulitzer Prize Winning Work ”To Kill A Mockingbird”

Harper Lee signed copy of her masterpiece, ”To Kill A Mockingbird.” Published by J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia & New York: 1960. Lee inscribes: ”Happy Birthday to / Alice Byron / – Harper Lee / January 16, 2002” to the front free endpaper in black ink. This first edition, second printing comes encased in its original unclipped dustjacket. Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel about a 10 year -old girl growing up in the 1930’s American South won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and its popularity has endured. In the wake of the book’s success, Lee shied away from the public eye, declining interviews and public appearances. Book runs 296pp. and measures 5.75” x 8.25”. Bound in brown paper boards with a green cloth spine titled with brown lettering. Very slight cocking to spine and minor wear to spine ends. Near fine. Creasing and surface loss to edges and folds of dustjacket. Very good. A cornerstone of American literature, rarely seen signed. Sold for $3,438.

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