To Kill A Mockingbird.

by Lee, Harper

$250,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

Philadelphia New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First edition, the finest association copy of one of the most important American novels of the 20th century which had an initial first printing of 5,000 copies and went on to earn Harper Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to her Lippincott editor, "To my beloved Tay with all the love in my heart - Nelle." The recipient, Tay Hohoff, was a senior editor at J.B. Lippincott Co. and was instrumental in shaping both the plot and thematic core of To Kill a Mockingbird. When Harper Lee first submitted the manuscript—then titled Go Set a Watchman—it was a promising but unrefined work: a series of loosely connected vignettes, vivid in voice but lacking a unifying narrative structure. Drawing on her extensive editorial experience, Hohoff recognized the strength of Lee’s prose and the moral resonance of her material, but also discerned that its potential would only be realized through substantial reimagining. She moved beyond technical editing to form what was, in effect, a creative partnership with Lee. Over the next two years, Hohoff guided Lee through substantive revision and reconceptualization, urging her to reshape the episodic draft into a cohesive narrative centered on Scout Finch’s moral and psychological development, interwoven with the broader themes of racial injustice and moral integrity. Her approach combined structura

• Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
• Year: 1960
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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