To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee, Harper - 1960

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Company, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Harper Lee directly on the front free endpaper. Good. Boards lightly stained and lightly rubbed, exposure at corners. Spine cloth is soiled, darkened and foxed, with some small patches worn through. Foxing to edge of page block and a small stain to fore edge. Previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. Endsheets lightly foxed. Several small stains and creased corners to pages, though contents are largely bright and clean. In a Good, restored and apparently supplied dust jacket with publisher's price of $3.95 intact, Truman Capote blurb in green on the front flap, and Jonathan Daniels blurb of rear flap. The base of the spine panel has been repainted on, concealing the scars from a removed label, which is assumed to have been institutional. Long tear repaired at rear flap fold. Rubbed and scratched at back panel, with waviness to both panels and general wear. The author's first published novel, with an initial print of only 5,000 copies. First printings signed directly on the book (not tipped in or laid in) are extremely scarce. Housed in a custom clam shell box.