LEE, Harper (b. 1926). To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1960.
8° (205 x 140mm). (Stain in the fore margin of the first gatherings and a few other leaves.) Original printed wrappers (spine creased and with small chips at ends, front joint splitting, small area of soiling on the rear cover, some wear to the front cover).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE PROOF COPY OF LEE'S FIRST AND ONLY BOOK, AND A MASTERPIECE OF 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE, INSCRIBED BY GREGORGY PECK, who played the lead in the film adaptation: 'Atticus was a gift from Harper Lee, a chance to be myself -- really -- in a role. Gregory'; AND ALSO INSCRIBED BY BROCK PETERS, whose character was defended by Peck's: 'Tom Robinson was my opportunity to express a painful truth... to open the eyes of the blind. Brock Peters'. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, and the film adaptation won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Peck.
LEE, Harper (b. 1926). To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1960.
8° (205 x 140mm). (Stain in the fore margin of the first gatherings and a few other leaves.) Original printed wrappers (spine creased and with small chips at ends, front joint splitting, small area of soiling on the rear cover, some wear to the front cover).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE PROOF COPY OF LEE'S FIRST AND ONLY BOOK, AND A MASTERPIECE OF 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE, INSCRIBED BY GREGORGY PECK, who played the lead in the film adaptation: 'Atticus was a gift from Harper Lee, a chance to be myself -- really -- in a role. Gregory'; AND ALSO INSCRIBED BY BROCK PETERS, whose character was defended by Peck's: 'Tom Robinson was my opportunity to express a painful truth... to open the eyes of the blind. Brock Peters'. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, and the film adaptation won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Peck.
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