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Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. Lippincott, 1960.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: J.B. Lippincott Company, New York 1960. Signed by Harper Lee at the front endpaper. Inscribed. The signature is guaranteed authentic. Later printing. Pulitzer Prize notation at the front panel. Book Condition: Fine, a few light spots. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, light spots, shelf wear.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
LEE, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1960.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: 296 pages. 8vo, brown boards backed in tan cloth, iconic pictorial d.w. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1960). Later edition, with "86 45" under the date on the copyright page. The dust wrapper, which is lightly rubbed and with a few small chips at edges, is priced $17.95, and reads "Pulitzer Prize Novel" on the front panel. The gutter is slightly cracked at page 55, still quite firm. A very good(+) copy. The book is signed on front endpaper "To Elizabeth from Harper Lee".
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Harper Lee. To Kill A Mockingbird. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia. 1960 first Book Club Editon first issue. Book in very good condition with minor rubbing to edges, in very good original dust jacket with minor shelf wear. The book is signed by Harper Lee on half title page. Signed copies of this editions are rare.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$3950.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Flat signed by Harper Lee on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has slight edge wear and a tiny chip on top corner of spine. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover.
Seller: Broad Street Books, Branchville, NJ, U.S.A.
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird (1st ed. w/ VG dj, SIGNED). Lippincott, 1960.
Price: US$3999.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by J.B. Lippincott, copyright 1960, 1st Edition, stated 23d Impression, SIGNED (no inscription) by author Harper Lee on ffep. NOT exLib, not book club. VG cond. hardcover w/ VG or better unclipped pict dustjacket (stated 22nd Printing & three ninety-five price on lower front flap) now in archival grade Brodart. Muddy-coffee colored bds, 1/2 green cloth w/ brown dec & lettering on spine. Very light soiling to exterior. P/O's "property of" statement in ink inside front cover, o/w internally VG+ cond. Light soiling & very light edgewear to dj, w/ "Pulitzer Prize Novel 1961" notation on front. 296pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG/VG or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, 1960.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Harper Lee on the half title, inscribed to former owner, "To George Friedman with my best wishes, [signed] Harper Lee 17 June 1983." 24th impression of the first edition, in correct dust jacket with "Seventh Printing" on front flap (the publisher used jackets from this printing for many, many printings after the seventh). 296 pp. Bound in publisher's brown boards with green cloth backstrip with brown lettering. Near Fine with faint soiling to edges, Strand bookstore sticker on front free endpaper. In About Very Good dust jacket, rubbed along edges, chipped at head and tail, small stain to rear panel, light wear, price-clipped.A signed later printing of the first edition of the beloved novel; uncommon with inscription to the former owner.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, 1960.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. Signed on the front free endpaper. Eighth Impression. This copy belonged to Rev Robert A Moore who lived in Greensboro, Alabama in the !960's. There is a letter from the Reverends son telling of how he came to on the book. The dust jacket has a bit of wear at the spine.
Seller: The Defunct Design Book Store, Middletown, CT, U.S.A.
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: J.B. Lippincott Company, New York 1960. First Edition / First Printing. Stated first edition on the copyright page. Green cloth spine over brown boards. 1 of only 5000 copies. Signed twice by Harper Lee. The signatures are guaranteed. Signed bookplate and inscribed envelope both framed and matted. The envelope was mailed to Harper Lee and it is inscribed: "Thank you for your letter but I no longer sign books. - H. Lee." She then mailed the signed bookplate and letter back. Book Condition: Very Good, chipping at the spine, shelf wear, Owner inscription at the front endpaper, near fine pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, light spots. Seventh printing dust jacket of To Kill a Mockingbird present. Wrapped in a new removable mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird Signed By Author. J. B. LIPPINCOTT, PHILA & NY, 1960.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: signed by author on front endpaper, dustjacket flap says 22nd (twenty second printing) copyright page 1960 23rd (twenty third impression), dustjacket covered in mylar, some light spotting to inside covers DATE PUBLISHED: 1960 EDITION: 296
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird.. J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1960.
Price: US$7800.00 + shipping
Description: First book club edition (published the same year as the first edition) of Leeâs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Photograph of Lee on the back panel by Truman Capote. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies worldwide. Made into the Academy Award-winning film, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck. It went on to win three Oscars: Best Actor for Gregory Peck, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, and Best Screenplay for Horton Foote. It was nominated for five more Oscars including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mary Badham, the actress who played Scout. In 1995, the film was listed in the National Film Registry. In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. In 2007 the film ranked twenty-fifth on the AFI's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time. It was named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
LEE, Harper.. To Kill a Mockingbird.. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960, 1960.
Price: US$8682.37 + shipping
Description: Inscribed by the reclusive author on the front free endpaper, "To Marian Osmond, with my best wishes, Harper Lee, May 4, 1961". Lee's debut novel became an immediate best-seller on publication and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. This copy is a first edition, ninth printing, in the eighth printing dust jacket; it was published the same year as the first printing. The novel is "an authentic and nostalgic story which in rare fashion at once puts together the tenderness and the tragedy of the South. They are the inseparable ingredients of a region much reported but seldom so well understood" (jacket blurb). Octavo. Original green quarter cloth, spine lettered in brown, brown paper sides. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black quarter morocco folding box. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, faint damp stains to rear panel and verso, unclipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia, 1960.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, fourth printing stated. Signed by Harper Lee and inscribed to a former owner, dated in the year of publication, "To Michael Bailey with my best wishes, Harper Lee. September 14, 1960." Bookstore label from a Dothan, Alabama bookshop to front pastedown; Anecdotally, Lee embarked on one brief promotional tour for the book in her home state of Alabama, that was to include stops in Mobile, Dothan, Montgomery, and Birmingham, but reportedly her shyness and reluctance to interact with others resulted in her abandoning the tour and returning home. A few inscribed copies are known from the Birmingham and Dothan stops, and a newspaper article covered her appearance in Mobile. Bound in publisher's brown paper boards over green spine cloth lettered in brown. Very Good with spine cocked, thin line to top and bottom edges of covers and endsheets from an old-style asphaultic edged dust jacket, tape ghosts to both endsheets. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with is rather bright. The jacket is stated sixth printing on the front flap--it was not unknown for the publisher to ship copies of early editions of this title with slightly mismatched jackets from other editions. The author's first novel, winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. An interesting copy, from a little known and seldom (if not never) to be replicated signing tour.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Handsomely bound in a finely woven green cloth spine stamped crisply in brown lettering; and brown paper-covered boards. Very clean and tight throughout. A collector's copy. No names or marks. With light creases to the top corners of pages 9 and 11. In a complete, handsome, first issue dust jacket with the original price of "$3.95" printed at the bottom of the front flap. With the first issue quotes by Truman Capote in green ink at the top of the front flap; and the Jonathan Daniels slug at the middle of the rear inside flap. The patina of time reveals a 1960s vintage dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners, a few wrinkles along the edges, and one tiny scuff mark at the center edge of the jacket spine.The front inside flap has a few light vertical creases along the outer edge, not affecting any of the text. A very good plus dust jacket with a black and white photo on the rear panel of a reflective Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote. A very attractive and collectible copy of this American classic in its original dust jacket. Laid in is a signed half-title sheet from one of Lee's Anniversary Editions of Mockingbird, signed "Harper Lee" in blue ink. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism." As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is widely taught in schools in the United States with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been subject to campaigns for removal from public classrooms, often challenged for its use of racial epithets. Reaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Despite the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education, literary analysis of it is sparse. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figures, calls the book "an astonishing phenomenon". In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die". It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown. To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964. (Wikipedia) First Edition with the statement "First Edition" on the copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1960.
Price: US$30000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Harper Lee on a hand written letter by the author laid into the book. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $3.95 printed price present with minor repair. This First Issue dustjacket has the Jonathan Daniels quote on the back panel and is rich in color. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fantastic copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. Includes a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$32500.00 + shipping
Description: Rare advance reading copy of the first edition of Harper Lee's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel signed by three actors from the 1962 film and with a two page autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Harper Lee declining the invitation to participate in a documentary film about her novel. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by three actors from the film on the pastedown and front free endpaper, "Bonnie Great Weekend My Best Wishes Phillip Alford 'Jem'", "To Bonnie Sincere regards Brock Peters 'Tom Robinson'", and "Bonnie, Thank you so much for all your help this week. Please stay in touch. You are now a member of our family. Sincerely Mary Badham 'Scout.'" With an autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Harper Lee which reads in full, "3 September '97 NYC but on the way South! Dear Ms. Lafave: I am sorry to be so long in writing you, but Claudia Johnson sent your letter to my NY address where I signed for it on my way out of town. I'm back here now, but only until Saturday, when I return to Monroeville for the winter. I must say no to your kind request. I simply do not grant interviews, & loathe talking about myself, and the prospect of participating in a documentary film fills me with dread. You may not realize it, but in the five years since you visited there, Monroeville has developed a new industry - tourism, with Harper Lee the main attraction. They've even produced a map, showing where the houses of my neighborhood used to be! I cannot tell you of the cynicism of the whole operation and the embarrassment it causes me. Monroeville is now a perfect example of Faulknerian prophecy: in the South, the Snopeses shall prevail, Faulkner was breathtaking in the accuracy of his observations. (That might be worth looking into for a film, although it requires a re-reading of the Snopes trilogy!) Why even return, you may well ask. Because of family, that is the one and only reason. I did so love the Eudora Welty film. She, of course, is my favorite American writer and the film itself seemed perfect of its kind. Thank you for it, and for thinking of me in similar terms! Sincerely, Harper Lee." With the original transmittal envelope addressed in Harper Lee's hand and postmarked September 4, 1997. The recipient, Bonnie Lafave is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. In the early 1990s Lefave reached out to Alice Lee to see if she could assist her in arranging a meeting with Harper Lee to discuss the production of a documentary film about the place of To Kill a Mockingbird in American culture. She met with Alice at her law office in Monroeville and was told that Nelle "preferred a quiet life" and would not want to participate, however, she was welcome to send her a letter. Some time later, Lefave began to correspond with writer and scholar, Claudia Durst Johnson, who had a warm relationship with Ms. Lee. In 1997, Claudia was attending a conference about To Kill a Mockingbird in Virginia and suggested that Lefave attend also. She brought with her her advance reading copy of To Kill a Mockingbird to share with Claudia which she impulsively asked three members of the cast of the 1962 film adaptation who were also in attendance, including Mary Badham who played Scout. After the conference, Lefave wrote a careful letter to Ms. Lee which Claudia forwarded to her for her consideration. Lee kindly responded with her own letter, and not surprisingly, declined to participate in the documentary. In near fine condition. An exceptional example of this rarity, printed before the first trade edition appeared and was swiftly acknowledged as one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, with fine provenance, and offering remarkable insight into Lee's deep personal thoughts regarding the reception of her great work. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies worldwide. Made into the Academy Award-winning film, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck. It went on to win three Oscars: Best Actor for Gregory Peck, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, and Best Screenplay for Horton Foote. It was nominated for five more Oscars including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mary Badham, the actress who played Scout. In 1995, the film was listed in the National Film Registry. In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. In 2007 the film ranked twenty-fifth on the AFI's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time. It was named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, 1960.
Price: US$50000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular copy SIGNED by Harper Lee on a publisher's page tipped into the book. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. Later editions do NOT state "First Edition" This First Issue dustjacket has the Jonathan Daniels quote printed on the back flap later changed to Shirley Ann Grau on later dustjackets. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is seldom seen in this amazing shape. The colors are vibrant with slight repair to the dustjacket hardly noticeable. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth spine with brown paper boards and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy housed in a custom clamshell box for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, 1960.
Price: US$75000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: True 1st Edition, 1st Printing, of To Kill a Mockingbird. In NF condition, with NF dust jacket. Not price-clipped. On the back of the dust jacket is the photograph of Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote. It is signed Nelle Harper Lee, and she personally dated it 1960, which is the year of publication and the year before she won the Pulitzer Prize. ( Nelle was her childhood name while growing up in Monroeville, Alabama. She used her middle name Harper when the book was published due to her concern people would mispronounce Nelle as 2 syllables.) It is inscribed to a childhood friend of Harper Lee in Monroeville, Alabama, and the friend s husband: To Evlyn and Bill with my love and best wishes, Nelle Harper Lee December 1960 No rips or tears. Has never been repaired and needs no repair. No markings, other than 4 words underlined in pencil on page 156 and page 165, photos of which available upon request, which were made well before the present owner was gifted the book in 2003. No attempt has been made to erase the 4 underlined words. It was gifted to the Seller by the son of Harper Lee s childhood friend in Monroeville and has never been on the market. For additional information and/or photographs, please feel free to contact the Seller, an individual.
Seller: Ellis Rare Literature, Montgomery, AL, U.S.A.