However any printings, even book club editions that have the author photo are in demand).Ĭheck for the letters FEL on the rear flap as a FACSIMILE reprint was issued that is exactly the same except for those letters. Photo of Lee on the rear panel of the dust jacket (not a real point as this was kept until the third printing and also appeared on early book club editions.It seems that there is a preference for the Daniels state.

Some first printings have Shirley Ann Grau and Phyllis McGinley reviews on the rear flap and some have a Jonathan Daniels on the rear flap.No mention of printing on front flap of dust jacket (later printings are stated by printing like: “Second Printing”).$3.95 price on the bottom of front flap ( didn’t change on later printings but is helpful to rule out book club editions).Capote quote in green ink on front flap.If no printing is stated it is a book club edition. Later printings are also stated in this format: “Twenty-third Impression”. “First Edition” stated on the copyright page below the copyright information.It is estimated that only 5,000 copies were printed of the first printing. There is some controversy on the authorship, with some thinking that it was actually written by Truman Capote. It was Lee’s first and only book (until 2015, when Go Set a Watchman was published) and was instantly acclaimed, winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for 1960. The first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was published in 1960 by J.

1st edition to kill a mockingbird