What does Atticus Finch look like in To Kill a Mockingbird, especially in the early chapters?

This is a good question. To be able to picture someone
makes you enjoy the book so much more. Unfortunately, there is no clear description of
Atticus in the first five chapters of the book. The beginning of the book describes his
family lineage instead. For example, the Finches have been in Maycomb from time
immemorial. 

For a sustained physical description of
Atticus, you need to go to chapter ten. In this chapter, Atticus is described as nearly
blind in one eye and bookish. Here is what the text
says:

Besides
that, he wore glasses. He was nearly blind in his left eye, and said left eyes were the
tribal curse of the Finches. Whenever he wanted to see something well, he turned his
head and looked from his right eye.

He did not do the
things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or
fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and
read.

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For more
on the description of Atticus, you need to piece things together, such as when Scout
says that Atticus was tall, as tall as Heck Tate. 

I know
that this is limited, but that is part of the beauty of the book. Atticus is described
not so much by his physical appearance but his character - courage, integrity, and sense
of
justice.