To Kill a Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality.
First edition identification
It is estimated that only 5,000 copies of To Kill a Mockingbird were published in the first printing, and two states of the book were printed. The order of the states are heavily disputed, with one of the states including a review by Shirley Ann Grau and Phyllis McGinley, and the other state featuring a review by Jonathan Daniels. There was not a printing statement in the first printing, but the price tag of $3.95 can be found on the lower corner of the front flap of the dust jacket. The first edition also has a quote from Truman Capote reading “Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.”--Truman Capote.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
Like Mockingbird, the cover art for the first edition of Watchman features a tree and the same signature type font. An unknown number of copies in the first UK edition were misprinted, with pages 252-277 missing text at the bottoms of the pages. As those copies are most likely quite rare, some have already skyrocketed in value.
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To Kill A Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- Book Club Edition 1st Printing
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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$6,500.00
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NY: J. B. Lippincott, 1960. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1960 J.B. Lippincott First Book Club edition, printing unknown but only 1960 on the copyright page with no additional printings. It is **SIGNED & INSCRIBED Directly on the ffep, " To Jane Kansas with best wishes, Harper Lee." In addition with the RARE… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird (SIGNED First Printing) with handwritten Lee letter
by LEE, Harper
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- As New
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- First
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- 1995
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Bedford, New York, USA
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$7,500.00
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SIGNED and boldly Inscribed by Harper Lee to Barbara Lee, striking provenance: To Kill a Mockingbird. Plus, Barbara's letter to Harper Lee, with Harper Lee's Autograph letter in response to Barbara SIGNED by Harper Lee! HarperCollins, [1995]. First printing Thirty-fifth anniversary edition. Autograph note signed by Lee on verso of original fan letter. Octavo. [x], 323, [3, blank] pages. Publisher's… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Skyway, Washington, USA
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$200.00
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New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Seventeenth printing quarter cloth hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Prior owner's gift note neatly inked opposite title page. Book is clean, tight, square and otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket also indicates seventeenth printing statement, but is price-clipped. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with a short tear and some creasing to lowrer front… Read more about this item Item Price
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Lee Harper
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- 1960
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
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$4,125.00
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Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First Edition, second impression, duplicating the first impression, with the original quote by Truman Capote printed in green ink at the top of the front flap and the photograph of Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote decorating the rear panel of the dustjacket. 8vo, publisher’s original brown… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
by Harper Lee
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- 2011-01-01
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- Bonded Leather
- ISBN 10
- 1435132416
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$21.78
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The Folio Society, 2011-01-01. Bonded Leather. Used: Good. Item Price
$21.78
To Kill A Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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Grottoes, Virginia, USA
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$125.00
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Harper Collins, 2010. First edition, thus first printing. "First Edition" stated. 50th Anniversary Edition. Very Good condition in like original dust jacket. Item Price
$125.00
To Kill a Mockingbird
by LEE, Harper
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$2,500.00
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Toronto and Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. First Canadian edition. 312pp. Close textured orange paper-covered boards, with title and illustration printed in ivory and dark green. Some penciling on the white lettering on the front board and spine, a crease on the spine, a near very good copy without dustwrapper as issued. Published five… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Easton Press, Signed & PSA Authenticated)
by Harper Lee
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- Fine
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- 1st Ed
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- 1960
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- Leather with gilt decorations and edges
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Roselle Park, New Jersey, USA
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$7,500.00
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This is the only copy of its kind in the entire world: an Easton Press leather-bound edition of To Kill a Mockingbird that was signed after publication by Harper Lee, and has been professionally authenticated by PSA/DNA. Condition of this book is as-new with the exception of a barely visible scratch in the gilt on the lower page block. Please… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird LP: 50th Anniversary Edition
by Harper Lee
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- Like New
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- 2010-05
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- Paperback First Edition Harper Luxe
- ISBN 10
- 0061980269
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Monroeville, Alabama, USA
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$16.99
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Paperback First Edition Harper Luxe
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$16.99
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- As New
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- As New
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060194995
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- 1
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Lake Worth, Florida, USA
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$1,349.00
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Collectible Signed by Author on the title page. As New 40th Anniversary Edition. Mylar Cover/Dust Jacket. Item Price
$1,349.00
To Kill A Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
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- 0099419785
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$1.02
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Paperback. Acceptable. Item Price
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To Kill A Mockingbird.
by Lee, Harper
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- 1960
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$2,200.00
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird.
by Lee, Harper
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- 1960
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$75,000.00
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Barnstable, MA, 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies worldwide. Made… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird.
by Lee, Harper
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- Used
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- 1960
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$5,000.00
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,000.00
To Kill a Mockingbird
by LEE Harper (Monroeville, Alabama 1926),
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- Used - Ottimo (Fine)
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- 1960
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- Rilegato mezza tela, sovracoperta (half-cloth binding, dust jacket)
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Valenzano, ITA
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$713.12
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, , 1960. Rilegato mezza tela, sovracoperta (half-cloth binding, dust jacket). Ottimo (Fine). . 8vo. pp. 296. Ottimo (Fine). First Edition, seventh printing 'W'. First Edition Prices 2008/2009 [Tartarus, 2007] Russell R. B., Guide to First Edition Prices 2008/2009. Tartarus Press 2007. Prima edizione, settima impressione. Pietra miliare della letteratura americana contemporanea ed uno dei romanzi… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill A Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 0099419785
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$1.02
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
by Harper Lee; Fred Fordham
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- First Edition / First Printing
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- 2018
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- Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0062798189
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Carrollton, Texas, USA
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$64.00
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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. SIGNED BOOKPLATE. 1st/1st. Purchased New. Fine. A graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic. First Edition. First printing with full number line ending with 1. Signed by Fred Fordham on a bookplate. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Deluxe Gift Edition)
by Lee, Harper
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- New
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- New
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- First USA edition-first printing of this deluxe edition
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- 2015
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062428551
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Southampton, Hampshire, GBR
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$159.80
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Harper, 2015. First USA edition-first printing of this deluxe edition. Hardcover. New/New. Mint condition.Deluxe gift edition.Harper,2015.First USA edition-first printing of this deluxe edition(10 9 8 7 6 54 3 2 1).Black hardback with white borders(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj cover,both in mint condition, with an illustrated slipcase in fine condition.Illustrated with Author's photo inside the back… Read more about this item Item Price
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- Used - Very Good Minus
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- No Jacket
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- First Canadian Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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$1,000.00
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1965 Book. Illus. by Cover Design By John Elphick. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth on boards with figural mockingbird in green and orange. Minor wear to corners, with 1/8" loss of cloth at top of rear spine. No writing or other damage.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,000.00
To Kill a Mockingbird.
by Lee, Harper
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- Used
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- 1960
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$32,500.00
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Barnstable, MA, 1960. Rare advance reading copy of the first edition of Harper Lee's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel signed by three actors from the 1962 film and with a two page autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Harper Lee declining the invitation to participate in a documentary film about her novel. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy,… Read more about this item Item Price
$32,500.00