TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

by LEE, HARPER. (PECK, GREGORY)

$6,760 · Offered by Biblio

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New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 35th Anniversary Edition. 210 x 133 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). 4 p.l., 323, [1] pp. Publisher's black paper boards, upper cover with embossed "HL," backed with black cloth, spine lettered in copper foil. In original dust jacket designed by Suzanne Noli. SIGNED BY LEE in ink on half title AND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GREGORY PECK "for Paul" in the same place. With a certificate of authenticity for the autographs from Christophe Stickel laid in at front. Day, "History of American Literature from 1910 to the Present," pp. 297-98. A very fine copy in a jacket just as good. This copy of the 35th anniversary edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is signed both by the author and by the actor whose Oscar-winning performance in the work's screen adaptation has become synonymous in the public eye with the character of Atticus Finch. Harper Lee (1926-2016) drew on her own childhood in Alabama when composing this now-classic story of a young white girl, Scout Finch, watching her father Atticus defend a falsely accused Black man in court; Day praises the novel for capturing the essence of the time and place in which it is set, writing that "this is not a mere 'courtroom' novel but a remarkable evocation of a Deep South community and preteen girlhood." The story was released as a film in 1962, only two years after the book's initial publication, and the movie was an enormous success, led by Peck in the role of Atticus. ANB tells us that the film "solidified

• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Year: 1995
• Edition: 35th Anniversary Edition
• Binding: unknown

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