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Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.

First printing, without listing of subsequent impressions, in first-issue dust jacket with photo of Lee by Truman Capote on back panel.īook with one small mark to front panel, dust jacket with expert restoration. They are the inseparable ingredients of a region much reported but seldom so well understood" (Jonathan Daniels). It is "an authentic and nostalgic story which in rare fashion at once puts together the tenderness and the tragedy of the South. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Harper Lee's portrayal of life in a small Alabama town captured the essence of the South at one of its most trying times. $20,000.įirst edition, first printing, of Harper Lee’s masterpiece, in rare first-issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. Octavo, original half green cloth, brown paper boards, original dust jacket.

Any claims otherwise are false.FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE RAREST OF AMERICAN CLASSICS, HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD An upcoming book - ‘The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee,’ by Marja Mills, a former Chicago Tribune reporter - was said to be written ‘with direct access to Harper and Alice Lee and their friends and family.’ In a written statement, Lee said she had not cooperated with the book: ‘Contrary to recent news reports, I have not willingly participated in any book written or to be written by Marja Mills. In 2005, she came to Los Angeles to accept the Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award.īut recently she has been closely guarding her privacy.

Harper Lee has, from time to time, appeared at events celebrating books and reading. AbeBooks aggregates offerings from hundreds of sellers of used books. Lee’s reclusiveness certainly contributed to the $25,000 price tag on this signed first edition of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ According to AbeBooks, it’s the most expensive copy of the novel it has ever sold and tops the price list of books sold through the site this year.