VGC.HarperCollins,1999. 40th Anniversary edition.5th US printing of this Anniversary edition (4 5).Grey hardback(silver lettering to the spine,two small dents and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with illustrated Dj cover(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with small ink mark and nick on the outer edges,previous owner's inscription written on the edges of the half-title page,a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages,rough edges on the outer edges of the pages.323pp including Foreword by Harper Lee.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Book Description: Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel - a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Lee explores the issues of race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s with compassion and humour. She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice and hypocrisy.