In Cold Blood. A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences.

CAPOTE, Truman.

Published by New York: Random House, 1965

About this Item

First edition, inscribed by the author on the first blank, "For Sean Krieger with all good wishes, Truman Capote". This copy is in the first issue dust jacket, printing "1/66" on the front flap and "Publishers of The American College Dictionary and The Modern Library" on the rear flap. "Vivid, painstakingly constructed, simultaneously fevered and lingeringly sad. a transfixing read. In 1966, this was a new kind of journalism; now, Capote's revolutionary and compelling approach to narrative non-fiction has been much copied, but rarely bettered" (Colquhoun). Stanton, p. 6. Kate Colquhoun, "Book of a Lifetime: In Cold Blood", Independent, 13 May 2011. Octavo. Frontispiece and title page printed in brown and black. Original dark red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in silver and gilt, red endpapers, top edge dark blue. With dust jacket. Ends and corners bumped; jacket lightly toned and rubbed, a few nicks and short closed tears, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Cold Blood. A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences.
• Publisher: New York: Random House, 1965
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)