To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1st UK Edition, Signed Binding by Sims

Binding Details:  Fine contemporary binding by the Sims Bindery of full maroon morocco leather with raised bands to the spine with gilt lines, titles, and central motif to the spine panel. Single gilt ruling to the boards with twin gilt lines to inner dentelles, hand marbled endpapers and hand-sewn endbands. The top page edges are gold gilted. The Sims Bindery stamp appears on the rear flyleaf. Laid into the book is a signed card from Andrew Sims stating that the book was bound by the Sims Bindery. 

Book Details:  This is the First UK Edition with the colophon stating, 'First published in Great Britain 1960,' printed by the Windmill Press, Kingswood, Surrey. The First UK Edition was printed in the same year as the true first edition published by J. B. Lippincott Company, New York. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, 'In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism.'

The book measures 8” x 5.25”, 296 pages.

Condition Report:  The binding is in FINE condition. Internally, the book is very clean with no signs of previous ownership. Overall, this is a beautiful binding that houses one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

Photographs of the binding, endpapers, binders stamp, and some examples of the contents from the book appear in the photo section of the listing.