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In Cold Blood
by Capote, Truman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition, first state. Hardcover. Very good condition overall. Fine in a fine, first state, untrimmed dust jacket, priced $5.95 and includes the code "1/66". This copy includes a tipped in signature of Capote on the half title page.
Capote's ground breaking nonfiction work on the murder of the Clutter family in 1959. Dated 1965 to title page, but actually published in January 1966.
8vo, 343pp (1). Publishers rust color cloth, gilt title and initials, with matching rust endpapers. Top edge blue, (slt. spotted), foredge untrimmed. First state dust jacket, bright and unfaded, with some minor defects (rubbed top foredge & spine corners; short closed tear upper back jacket, tiny closed tear and rubbing at top front panel; closed puncture along the back spine fold.) Attractive small bookplate of Daniel Hendrix lower ffep.
Nevertheless, a very nice copy.
Capote's ground breaking nonfiction work on the murder of the Clutter family in 1959. Dated 1965 to title page, but actually published in January 1966.
8vo, 343pp (1). Publishers rust color cloth, gilt title and initials, with matching rust endpapers. Top edge blue, (slt. spotted), foredge untrimmed. First state dust jacket, bright and unfaded, with some minor defects (rubbed top foredge & spine corners; short closed tear upper back jacket, tiny closed tear and rubbing at top front panel; closed puncture along the back spine fold.) Attractive small bookplate of Daniel Hendrix lower ffep.
Nevertheless, a very nice copy.
Synopsis
In Cold Blood is a nonfiction book by American author Truman Capote. The book details the brutal 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a wealthy farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, and his wife and two of their children. When Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, he decided to travel to Kansas and write about the crime.
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Reviews
On Jan 30 2017, a reader said:
Wonderfully written true crime story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26592
- Title
- In Cold Blood
- Author
- Capote, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first state
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
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Garrison, New York
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