Book Covers
Throughout the years there have been many different covers to To Kill a Mockingbird. Below is an blog post from Book Riot, an online blog sight that writes about books, about the covers. Below is a snippet of that article. Read the whole post here.
The Many Books Covers of to Kill a Mockingbird
Karina Glaser, 07-14-15
There have been over 40 million copies of To Kill a Mockingbirdsold worldwide since its first publication in 1960, translated into over forty languages. With all those copies out there in the world, I thought I’d check out some of the covers of this iconic book. Some were stunning, others a little creepy, and a few I wanted to buy immediately for my collection. With 337 listed on Goodreads, there were a lot of covers to look at.
So, how many of these covers do you know? How can you tell a true first edition? Do you remember which one you had for your school reading? (I had #8.) Where can you buy one with illustrations and a slipcover? What did some of the international covers look like? Check out some of them below:
1. First US Edition, published in 1960 by J.B. Lippincott Company. Approximately 5,000 first printings were produced.”FIRST EDITION” is stated on the copyright page, and the dust jacket has the price of $3.95. The back of the dust jacket has a photo of Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote. The hard cover is brown with a green spine.
Throughout the years there have been many different covers to To Kill a Mockingbird. Below is an blog post from Book Riot, an online blog sight that writes about books, about the covers. Below is a snippet of that article. Read the whole post here.
The Many Books Covers of to Kill a Mockingbird
Karina Glaser, 07-14-15
There have been over 40 million copies of To Kill a Mockingbirdsold worldwide since its first publication in 1960, translated into over forty languages. With all those copies out there in the world, I thought I’d check out some of the covers of this iconic book. Some were stunning, others a little creepy, and a few I wanted to buy immediately for my collection. With 337 listed on Goodreads, there were a lot of covers to look at.
So, how many of these covers do you know? How can you tell a true first edition? Do you remember which one you had for your school reading? (I had #8.) Where can you buy one with illustrations and a slipcover? What did some of the international covers look like? Check out some of them below:
1. First US Edition, published in 1960 by J.B. Lippincott Company. Approximately 5,000 first printings were produced.”FIRST EDITION” is stated on the copyright page, and the dust jacket has the price of $3.95. The back of the dust jacket has a photo of Harper Lee taken by Truman Capote. The hard cover is brown with a green spine.
Book Editions
Like with many other literature classics it is hard to say just how many editions there are. Though according to Alibris there are 53 different editions of this book. However the edition that most people are familar with is the mass market paperback that was published by Popular Library in 1962. It the edition with the purple cover most often used in high schools. The first image below is the cover, the second the title page, and the third is information for schools.
Like with many other literature classics it is hard to say just how many editions there are. Though according to Alibris there are 53 different editions of this book. However the edition that most people are familar with is the mass market paperback that was published by Popular Library in 1962. It the edition with the purple cover most often used in high schools. The first image below is the cover, the second the title page, and the third is information for schools.
Sources:
K Glaser. (2015. July 14). The Many Book Covers of To Kill a Mockingbird. [Blog post]. Retrived from http://bookriot.com/2015/07/14/many-book-covers-kill-mockingbird/.
Images in "Book Edition" section taken by myself of my own personal copy.
K Glaser. (2015. July 14). The Many Book Covers of To Kill a Mockingbird. [Blog post]. Retrived from http://bookriot.com/2015/07/14/many-book-covers-kill-mockingbird/.
Images in "Book Edition" section taken by myself of my own personal copy.