Lot 86
Lee, Harper (1926-Febrary 19, 2016). American novelist who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird. Book signed, being the Book Club Edition of To Kill a Mockingbird, J. B. Lippincott Company, New York, 1960. Signed "Harper Lee" on the half-title page. 255 pp., hardcover, 8vo., paper boards. Book is very good to fine. Dust jacket worn and chipped along the edges and folds -- in good condition. Portrait of Harper Lee on the back cover, photographed by Truman Capote (1924-1984), inscribed and signed by Truman Capote "For Roy / Truman Capote".
Ostensibly fiction, Harper Lee's meditation on racial injustice and the loss of innocence in the Deep South during the Great Depression incorporated a number of biographical elements. Notably, the character Dill was based in part on her lifelong friend, Truman Capote. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200
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