A Time To Kill
Doubleday, 1993. Limited Numbered Edition. Full Leather. Fine / Near Fine. Item #5339
ISBN: 0385471122
A handsome Limited Numbered Edition signed by the author on the limitation page and numbered 223 of only 350 Limited Edition copies. Author's first book. In fine black leather with gold titling, speckled page edges and bound-in silk bookmark, the book is in fine unread condition, solid and the pages appear untouched. Includes the acetate dust-jacket, now become rare with these editions, that shows light wear with a small unopened slit towards the top edge of the spine but it is fully intact. The blue slipcase is solid with one tiny rub on the bottom edge and the lightest touches of wear, typical to this edition. Overall a beautiful set of the most important Grisham book.
“A Time to Kill” was John Grisham’s debut novel. After numerous rejections from publishers, it was initially released by Wynwood Press in a modest first printing of 5,000 copies. Following the breakout success of “The Firm,” “A Time to Kill” was reissued and quickly rose to bestseller status, later receiving a hardcover edition from Doubleday. Grisham has described the novel as autobiographical, with the young attorney serving as a stand-in for himself and was inspired by a harrowing courtroom testimony Grisham witnessed early in his legal career. The author spent several years completing the book. Scott Turow’s “Presumed Innocence” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” are frequently cited as key influences. The novel was later followed by two sequels, “Sycamore Row” (2013) and “A Time for Mercy” (2020), both set in the same fictional world.
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