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Extremely desirable signed first edition book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. First edition, first printing. Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Hardcover (brown boards and light green cloth spine with brown titles) with original dust jacket (with $3.95 price on front flap, Capote blurb in green, Jonathan Daniels review on rear flap, and portrait of Harper Lee on back panel), 5.5 x 8.25, 296 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint, "Herbert and Grace: You are new friends, but you seem like old ones! Affectionately, Nelle Harper Lee, August 21, 1960." Autographic condition: very fine. Book condition: VG-/G-, with a small stain to the top edge of the textblock, a scuff to the top edge of the rear board, minor wear to a rear corner, and moisture damage to the rear panel of the jacket, which he somewhat affected the rear board; the jacket also exhibits several edge tears and creases, and has a small blue ballpoint notation to the front flap.
Provenance: Lot 3279, Bonhams, New York, NY, 'Fine Books and Manuscripts,' June 10, 2009; The Estate of Dr. Goodman B. Espy III, Atlanta, GA.
A true 'Great American Novel,' To Kill a Mockingbird became an instant classic upon its debut in 1960 and went through fourteen printings in the first year. However, as Harper Lee was an unknown author, only five thousand copies were printed for its July 11th release: first editions are thus extremely scarce, especially in signed examples. Lee used "Nelle" in correspondence and notes only with close friends and family.
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