Lot 72
- 72
Lee, Harper
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
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To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: J. D. Lippincott, 1960
8vo (8 x 5 3/8 ins; 202 x 135 mm). Publisher's green cloth-backed brown boards in pictorial dust-jacket with the author's photo by Truman Capote on rear panel; trace of fading to cloth at spine ends, very light dampstain to cloth at bottom extending to just above imprint, jacket spine ends and outer corners very slightly rubbed and small abrasion in center of front panel. With calf folding case embossed with the tree motif from jacket.
8vo (8 x 5 3/8 ins; 202 x 135 mm). Publisher's green cloth-backed brown boards in pictorial dust-jacket with the author's photo by Truman Capote on rear panel; trace of fading to cloth at spine ends, very light dampstain to cloth at bottom extending to just above imprint, jacket spine ends and outer corners very slightly rubbed and small abrasion in center of front panel. With calf folding case embossed with the tree motif from jacket.
Provenance
William Targ (bookplate); Maurice Neville (sale, Sotheby's New York, 16 November 2004, lot 381)
Condition
trace of fading to cloth at spine ends, very light dampstain to cloth at bottom extending to just above imprint, jacket spine ends and outer corners very slightly rubbed and small abrasion in center of front panel. With calf folding case embossed with the tree motif from jacket.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, inscribed by lee to william targ, with best wishes in red ink on front endpaper. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning first and only book and basis for the hugely acclaimed 1962 movie; it continues to be a literary and cultural phenomenon to the present day. The Neville copy.