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Very Rare First Edition, First PrintingLEE, Harper (1926-2016). American novelist. Her book, To Kill A Mockingbird became a classic and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Gregory Peck. Peck won an Academy Award for Best Actor. He portrayed a country lawyer named Atticus Finch. After the books publication in 1960 it won the 1961 Pulitzer prize for Fiction. The copy we offer is a rare true First Edition, First printing with the matching very scarce First issue dust jacket. The book is inscribed and signed by Harper Lee on the front endpaper: “To William King with best wishes Harper Lee.” A signature of Gregory Peck is laid in. The book is in very good to near fine condition with a good dust jacket.
This book is housed in a special custom made folding box with the title and author’s name printed in gold. There are no restorations to the book or dust jacket. Dust jacket hinges are solid without the usual separation. The $3.95 original publisher’s price is intact. It is estimated that only 5,000 copies of the first Edition were printed with many of them going to libraries. This book is the cornerstone of any major book collection...............$24,500.00
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