To kill a mockingbird 1960 first edition5/31/2023 It remains to be seen how long it will be until such prices are achieved again. In terrestrial auctions nice copies have made as much as $15K, and at the 2001 Falktoft sale a sporting $32000 (unsigned.) 2001 was, however, an annus mirabilis for high spot mod firsts. Condition has to be taken down a notch, as fine copies are not really feasible even the big money copies were not fine. Properly collectable copies are quite difficult, the unlaminated jacket doesn't last well (quite a few are restored) it tends to get rubbed and and frayed, many of the estimated 5000 printed went to libraries and, damn it, people read the book. having a large amount of collectors and speculators. VALUE? A book traded almost to death on ebay but possibly still quite well 'underpinned' - i.e. Capote's copy inscribed to him would be way cool, to say the least. Capote was a childhood friend, he dedicated 'In Cold Blood to Her.' The character Dill in Mockingbird is based on him. The jacket has points on it, ideally you want the price intact but definitely a Jonathan Daniels blurb/ quote on the flap and a credit (on the rear) to Truman Capote for his photo of young Harper Lee. She is at the opposite spectrum to your reclusive Pynchons and Salingers - signed copies abound, especially of reprints and anniversary editions. Won the Pulitzer, the movie won 3 Oscars. Up there with the great modern American novels in esteem and price.
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