To Kill a Mockingbird - More than one BCE?

Six years ago, Jeff Armstrong posted the following list of points of comparison
for a regular edition and a BCE.

"I have a copy of the first edition and one of the BC's as well. I would be
glad to give you as much as I can, but I'm afraid I have no idea what
"detentions" are ... help me out.

"Please forgive me if I don't use all the proper terminology as I'm still
learning ...

"FE = First Edition
BC = Book Club (I can only describe the one I have, I'm sure there are
others)

"The Cover:
FE: brown boards with green cloth spine overlapping 1 1/2" front and
back covers (half bound?)
BC: Putty boards with black overlapping binding

"Printing on Spine: (no printing on front or back covers for either)
FE: Difficult to tell with the printing being on the green cloth but it
appears to be Brown
BC: White

"Dimensions: (is that what you meant?)
FE: 8 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4
BC: 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 13/16

"Copyright page:
FE: COPYRIGHT (SYMBOL) 1960 BY HARPER LEE / PRINTED IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA / LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 60-7847
/ FIRST EDITION

BC: COPYRIGHT (SYMBOL) 1960 BY HARPER LEE / PRINTED IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

"Pages:
FE: 296
BC: 255

"Dust Jackets:
Outside jackets are identical except for the dimensions.
FE: Blurb at the top of the front flap is green, price on lower right
corner is $3.95
BC: Blurb is black, where price should be it states BOOK CLUB / EDITION

FE: Back Flap bottom states: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY / Philadelphia
New York
BC: Back Flap bottom states: Printed in the U.S.A. "


I have a friend who has a copy that is green cloth (faded to light blue) on
taupe boards, 296 pages, 8.25" high, taupe printing on spine, states
"twentythird impression" on copyright page, and yet has an indentation on the
back cover. To make matters worse, the dust jacket says "tenth printing". Is
this a book club edition? And if so, which BCE came first, the one just
described or the one described by Jeff Armstrong?


Francis A. Miniter