To Kill A Mockingbird (Third Printing) Lee, Harper Classics,Literature,Top 100 Books Lists

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA. 1960. 296 pages. First edition, third printing, stated. Original third printing DJ, stated on front flap, with the rare Harper Lee photo on rear. This photo was removed in subsequent printings. No mention of the Pulitzer Prize anywhere on DJ. Binding and hinges are sound. Brown paper-covered boards quarter-bound in green cloth binding. Book is identical to the first printing, just substituting one word, third for first, on the copyright page. Brown boards are clean. Green cloth binding is clean. Pages and endpapers are clean. Light faint foxing on endpapers. A faint trace of scant foxing on bottom page edges, barely. No BCE/BOMC blindstamp on rear cover. Attractive DJ shows light rubbing along edges and tiny chipping at corners of crown and heel. Minimal soiling to rear of DJ. $3.95 price clipped from flap, however the the front flap states third printing, and Harper Lee's photo is still on rear, which only lasted for the first three printings. Considering the first printing of this title was only 5,000 copies, these early printings remain highly collectible. First edition, third printing in matching original 3rd printing DJ, with the coveted Harper Lee photo on rear. VG/VG