TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Lee Harper - 1960

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First Edition, second impression, duplicating the first impression, with the original quote by Truman Capote printed in green ink at the top of the front flap and the photograph of Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote decorating the rear panel of the dustjacket. 8vo, publisher’s original brown boards backed in green cloth and lettered in dark brown on the spine, in the publisher's original dustjacket as the first impression but for inclusion of the slug signifying the second impression. 296 pp. A handsome copy in pleasing condition, the dustjacket with very little rubbing to the edges, bright and complete, the covers in quite excellent condition with sharp corners and virtually no evidence of wear or use, the spine panel with some mellowing due to offsetting from the verso of the jacket panel. A very nice copy of this iconic book. VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION IN THE HANDSOME ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Harper Lee’s timeless novel is one of the more sought after items in modern American literature.
Lee’s first and only novel would win her the Pulitzer Prize and captured the heart of an entire nation. It would go on to win acclaim all over the world. Perhaps Margaret Mitchell is the only other American author to achieve such notoriety for writing a single book, but quite unlike Mitchell’s grand and sweeping drama, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is warm and personal, human in scope yet vast in implication.