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IN COLD BLOOD

IN COLD BLOOD

IN COLD BLOOD
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IN COLD BLOOD

by CAPOTE, Truman

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  • Hardcover
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Covers slightly bowed; tape stains to verso of rear endpaper where newspaper clipping, now loose, was once affixed. Mild soiling
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Charles Agvent
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About This Item

New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly bowed; tape stains to verso of rear endpaper where newspaper clipping, now loose, was once affixed. Mild soiling and light wear to the dustwrapper which has light tape stains to the corners and slightly darker stains to the inside flaps. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to his lawyer on the first blank: "for that admirable attorney/Elbert Robinson/from his client and friend/Truman Capote." Capote's masterpiece, a trendsetting book that opened a floodgate of "nonfiction" novels that has yet to abate. Made into a movie starring Robert Blake.

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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Wonderfully written true crime story.

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Bookseller
Charles Agvent US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
013528
Title
IN COLD BLOOD
Author
CAPOTE, Truman
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New Covers slightly bowed; tape stains to verso of rear endpaper where newspaper clipping, now loose, was once affixed. Mild soiling
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
(1965)
Keywords
Signed, Movie Fiction, Truman Capote, Southern Literature, True Crime, Modern Firsts, Documentary Novels, Inscribed, Modern First Editions, Association Copy
Bookseller catalogs
Association Copy;

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Charles Agvent

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About Charles Agvent

We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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Dustwrapper
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Inscribed
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First Edition
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Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Fine
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