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Review Copy of the First edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Signed by Harper Lee
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
First edition with the review slip of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with my best wishes Harper Lee." Review copy, with the slip laid in, fine in a near fine dust jacket with some expert restoration. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Author photograph by Truman Capote. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. An exceptional example of this landmark novel, most rare and desirable signed.
Price: $65,000.00 Item Number: 148055
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Review Copy of the First edition of To Kill A Mockingbird; Inscribed by Harper Lee in the year of publication
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
First edition with the review slip of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Irma Lou and Alfred With my best wishes Nelle Harper Lee September 2, 1960." Review copy, with the slip laid in, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Author photograph by Truman Capote. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Most rare and desirable signed and inscribed less than two months after the date of publication.
Price: $55,000.00 Item Number: 148867
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First edition of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird; with an autograph note signed by her
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
First edition of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. With an autograph postcard signed by and entirely in the hand of Harper Lee laid in. Addressed to Stewart Richardson, Executive Editor of Doubleday & Company, the postcard reads in full, "Monroeville, Ala. September 5, 1970 Dear Sandy: No, I didn't receive galleys on James Purdy's - but I'd like to. They're probably sitting in New York somewhere. I'll be back by the first of October, but if you need a quote before then, please send galleys to Monroeville, zip 36460. Best, Nelle." Following the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960, Lee became increasingly reclusive, granting almost no requests for interviews or public appearances and, with the exception of a few short essays, publishing nothing further until 2015. 40 years, she lived part-time at 433 East 82nd Street in Manhattan, near her childhood friend Truman Capote, but tensions grew between them with the publication of Capote's In Cold Blood and his growing penchant for a decadent lifestyle, which contrasted with Lee's preference for a quiet, more anonymous existence. At the time of this c...
Price: $27,500.00 Item Number: 139543
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To Kill a Mockingbird Signed by Robert Duvall, the Film’s Boo Radley
LEE, Harper.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
Later printing of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by actor Robert Duvall on the front free endpaper, “John, Bob Duvall 'Boo.'" To Kill a Mockingbird marked Duvall’s screen debut, he played the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley in the 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan, in which Gregory Peck won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Atticus Finch. Duvall went on to have one of the most distinguished careers in American film, with roles in The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Tender Mercies, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Near fine in a very good dust price-clipped jacket. A desirable example of the modern American classic.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 152236
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Harper Lee's Masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird
LEE, Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960.
First edition, ninth impression of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of only 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with wear to the extremities.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 151584
