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Harper Lee first edition novel found in Oxfam shop

Harper Lee first edition novel found in Oxfam shop

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Send your story ideas to [email protected], externalRelated topicsLondonLiteratureBooksLibrariesMore stories like thisUS author Harper Lee dies aged 89Published20 February 2016British Library extension project to begin in 2026Published23 April 2025

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Harper Lee first edition novel found in Oxfam shopImage source, Oxfam PortobelloImage caption, The book has since been acquired by the British Library and will join its national collectionByAurelia FosterLondonPublished9 minutes agoA rare first edition of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird has been found among items donated to Oxfam, according to the charity.The copy of Harper Lee's seminal 1960 work was discovered in a box of American books given to the charity's bookshop in Portobello Road, west London.It has since been acquired by the British Library and will join its national collection.Shop manager Olivia Haysman-Walker, who identified the copy as being a first US edition, said the book could easily have been missed.

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