EARLY PRESENTATION COPY
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LEE, HARPER.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
8vo, publisher’s
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green cloth over
boards, spine with minor soiling and slightly faded at tips; discreet booklabel on front
pastedown and small spot of tape residue on same and rear, early ownership signature above
inscription on front-free endpaper, age-toning at rear including pastedown; dust jacket,
residue from several old cellotape repairs (now absent) mostly on verso edges, dampstain to
lower spine panel, some chipping mostly to spine panel ends, overall rubbing and some
closed tears along folds, but still presentable and with price intact; preserved in custom
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brown morocco folding case.
Philadelphia & New York: Lippincott, (1960)
[8,000/12,000]
FIRST EDITION
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SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
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INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICA
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TION
and reading in full: “To Miss Ethel / with love, / Nelle Harper / September 17,
1960.” In first issue dust jacket with Capote blurb in green on the front flap, the Jonathan
Daniels blurb on the rear flap and Capote portrait of Harper Lee on rear panel. A quite scarce
early presentation copy, dated only two months after publication. 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner.
