to kill a mockingbird 1960 first edition

No fading chips or tears, just some little rubbed spots and crinkles. The dust jacket is very nearly Fine but with some wear at the spine ends and folds. An extremely attractive, unrestored first edition of Lee's powerful novel. In 1961 To Kill A Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was chosen for numerous book clubs as well as a Reader’s Digest Condensed Book, which increased its ubiquity. The book was immediately successful and many additional printings followed. It was published on Jin an initial print run of 5,000 copies. An editor at that company, Therese von Hohoff Torrey (known as Tay Hohoff), helped the author revise the work over the next few years. As a Christmas present that year, her friends (whom she had met through fellow author Truman Capote) gave her a year’s worth of financial support to pursue writing full-time. In the spring of 1957, her agent Maurice Crain sent the manuscript to publishers and it was bought by J.B. Harper Lee (pen name of Nelle Harper Lee) started writing the manuscript that would become To Kill A Mockingbird in New York in 1956. Different cover art (not a black tree with green leaves on brown background).Front flap of dust jacket says “BOOK CLUB EDITION” at the bottom of the flap.On the copyright page of Book Club printings, there is nothing under “PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” (no catalog number or impression statement).Front cover has a gold sticker that says “The Pulitzer Prize Novel 1961”īook Club Editions’ Identification Points.Back cover has pull-quotes from numerous magazines starting with TIME.Back flap of dust jacket has quote by Shirley Ann Grau & Elizabeth Gray Vining.Front flap of dust jacket lists the printing number in italics at the bottom.Front flap of dust jacket has quote by Phyllis McGinley at the top in green text.On the copyright page of subsequent printings, FIRST EDITION is replaced by “nTH IMPRESSION” (SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, etc.).The applicable printing numbers are listed in brackets when known. 8vo brown boards with green cloth spine.

Back cover has photograph of Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote.

Quotes by Shirley Ann Grau & Phyllis McGinley.

Back flap of dust jacket exists in two states, with a possible preference for Daniels state:.

Front flap of dust jacket does not list printing, has $3.95 at the bottom.

Front flap of dust jacket has Truman Capote quote at the top in green text.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 60-7847 The copyright page has the following text:.– Book Club Editions’ Identification PointsĪll of the following points must be present to ensure a true first edition / first printing.

To kill a mockingbird 1960 first edition