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HARPER/COLLINS Publishers' leather-bound FIRST EDITION of Harper Lee's landmark #1 New York Times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prizewinning masterpiece, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Bound in full hunter green leather, the book has decorative paper end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, gold gilding on three edges, a satin book marker---in near FINE condition. Set in Maycomb, Alabama, twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch---"Scout"---returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus Finch. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Scout's boyfriend, HENRY CLINTON, is Atticus' law partner and in still in love with her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Go Set a Watchman" perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past----a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, "Go Set a Watchman" imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision-a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of "To Kill a Mockingbird," but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic. 278 pages. I offer Combined shipping.