To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_(first_edition_cover).jpg
Summary
Description To Kill a Mockingbird (first edition cover).jpg | First-edition cover of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by the American author Harper Lee . |
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Source | Nate D. Sanders auctions ( direct link to jpg ). Cropped, retouched. |
Author | The credit "Jacket design by Shirley Smith" is found on the left jacket flap. (There is very little information online about Shirley Smith; this presents a possible problem for use of the image in countries that do not recognize the rule of the shorter term . It is not known whether Smith is living or dead, which would be needed to measure a copyright term of the author's life plus a set number of years.) |
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