This book is in high demand. Approximately 5,000 first printings were produced. "FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page (later printings are also stated as later printings). A first edition dust Jacket should have no statement of printing and should have a price of $3.95 on the lower corner of the front flap. First, second, and at least third printing dust jackets have a Truman Capote quote in green ink on the front flap. Book club copies have no first edition statement, nor do they have statements of printings. Book club books have cheaper bindings, and no price on the dustjacket.
Signed first printings of the first edition command the highest value. The second printing is also very rare and can fetch as much as $2,000. Book club and anniversary copies are common. A signed anniversary copy is worth approximately $200.
To Kill a Mockingbird book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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 | Picture of the 1960 first edition dust jacket for To Kill a Mockingbird. |
 | "FIRST EDITION" is stated. |
 | Early printings had Harper Lee's photograph on the back. Later printings have reviews on the back.
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 | The first printing of the dust jacket had a price of $3.95 on the bottom of the front flap with no printing statement. |
 | later printings are stated on the bottom of the front dust jacket flap as is the case with this second printing jacket. Book club jackets did not state printing, nor did they state price. So even thought the price on this jacket is clipped, we know it is not a book club jacket because it states the printing. |
 | First, second, and at least third printing dust jackets have a Truman Capote quote in green ink on the front flap. |
 | Jonathan Daniels blurb is on the rear flap of first and early printings.
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 | Boards are brown with green cloth spine cover. |
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 | Caution: the presence of the FEL logo on the bottom back flap indicates that this is a facsimile dust jacket produced by the First Editions Library of Shelton, CT. Beware of a jacket that has damage in this area which may indicate that someone removed the logo. |
