To Kill A Mockingbird first edition found in London charity shop
An original US edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is found in an Oxfam store in west London.
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.
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."
"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."