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Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1960]....
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First edition of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, inscribed
Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia & New
York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1960].8vo. Publisher's green cloth and brown paper-covered boards, spine lettered in brown. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a quarter morocco folding case.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. INSCRIBED BY LEE on the front free endpaper: "To Alice Turnbull / - Best wishes always, / Harper Lee." In the first issue dust jacket with the Truman Capote photo credit on the rear panel.
In awarding the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, the 1961 Jury Report described Lee's debut novel thus: "Fortunately, however, the stream of new talent which constantly revitalizes American fiction produced at least two first novels of unusual distinction. The first and more ambitious of these was 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' by Harper Lee. Set in her native Alabama, the book sums up in its seemingly artless tale the pride and shame that are integral to Southern living. What starts out quietly as a picture of small town life is developed with authentic artistry into a climatic courtroom clash, in which not only a Negro prisoner is on trial but also the cherished, age-old mores of the South itself. Miss Lee has set it all down with affection, human and understanding, eschewing sentiment yet achieving pathos. Her achievement, it seems to us, may be gauged by the fact that, although her story embraces virtually all the cliches of the Southern novel, they are nevertheless made to appear here as fresh and original. This is our choice for the Prize."
Condition: Some soiling to cloth, corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers, not affecting inscription. Dust jacket unclipped ($3.95), professionally restored with facsimile work and repainting.
Provenance: Alice Turnbull (presentation inscription). From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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