NMLP P-036731 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee · J. B. Lippincott (Philadelphia) · 1960

US J. B. Lippincott (Philadelphia, 1960) is the true first; the UK first (Heinemann, London, 1960) is a separate first that follows the US. The signature jacket point is the Truman Capote-credited author photograph on the rear panel — Capote took the photo; he did not contribute a blurb (the flap blurb is Jonathan Daniels). Lee rarely signed; authentic signatures are scarce and frequently forged, so provenance is essential.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036731 for "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036731, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).