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Oxfam Portobello / The book has since been acquired by the British Library and will join its national collection A 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. "There were lots of books to work through in the donation, but we recognised To Kill A Mockingbird and thought it was worth taking a closer look." She added: "We realised quite quickly that we had something really special. "The dust jacket showed its age, and although it was worn around the edges, the pages inside were in beautiful condition. "It's amazing to think that this book has passed through our Oxfam bookshop and into the national collection at the British Library. "It really has been quite a journey, and it's a lovely reminder, during Second Hand September, of the kind of treasures that can be hiding among the shelves and donations in our shops." Second Hand September is Oxfam's annual campaign encouraging people to buy second-hand. Oxfam Portobello / The dust jacket "showed its age" but the pages inside were in "beautiful condition", Olivia Haysman-Walker said Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning book tells the story of lawyer Atticus Finch as he defends Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman. Her story of racial injustice and childhood innocence, set in Alabama in 1934, has sold more than 40 million copies around the world and has been translated into 40 languages. The US novelist, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, died in 2016 at the age of 89. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook , X and Instagram . Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.uk

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中文标题： 《杀死一只知更鸟》初版在乐施会商店被发现

乐施会称，哈珀·李1960年小说《杀死一只知更鸟》的美国初版在捐赠给伦敦波托贝洛路乐施会书店的一箱美国图书中被发现。该版本已被大英图书馆收购，将加入其国家馆藏。书店经理认出初版，称书衣显旧但内页保存完好。该书全球销量超4000万册，译成40种语言。

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/22 18:11:36