To Kill a Mockingbird (24th Impression; 7th Printing) HC 1960

by Lee, Harper

$98 · Offered by eBay · No longer available

CONDITION: VG/VG. 24th Impression; 7th Printing Dust Jacket. 1960. J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia & NY. Very Good. Decorative vintage bookplate, previous owner. No other markings. Hardcover. Green cloth boards, quarter cloth. Binding Solid & Square. Light foxing to head of text block. Very Good Dust Jacket. Price clipped. Heavy foxing to interior side of jacket. 296 pp. 5.5x8.25. Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Mixed-state copy: dust jacket states 7th printing, copyright page states 24th impression, a documented Lippincott trade anomaly arising from the 1960-1961 sales surge when surplus earlier jackets were wrapped around newly printed text blocks. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. SYNOPSIS: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was first published by J. B. Lippincott in 1960 and became one of the most commercially explosive novels in American publishing history. This copy is a documented mixed-state printing: the dust jacket states 7th printing while the copyright page states 24th impression, a recognized trade anomaly arising from Lippincott's practice during the massive sales surge of late 1960 and 1961 of wrapping surplus earlier dust jackets around newly printed text blocks to avoid delays in shipments to bookstores. This specific mismatch, 7th printing jacket with 24th impression text block, has been documented and cataloged by rare book firms including Burnside Rare Books and Log Cabin Vintage. The dust jacket, designed by Shirley Smith, is the iconic red and

• Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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