In Cold Blood - First UK Impression
by Capote, Truman
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Sastamala, Finland
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Impression. In the publisher's green cloth with yellow top edge, the colour of which has faded a little but still visible. The book is square and fairly tight, the corners and spine tips in good order. Free from owner names etc, a VG copy. The dustjacket is unclipped with price of 25s. net. Shelf-worn along all edges and at the corners with minor chips there. Browned at the spine. A Fair to Good condition example of the First Impression jacket but certainly no oil painting. Surprisingly scarce in the UK edition.
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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On Jan 30 2017, a reader said:
Wonderfully written true crime story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Northern Lights Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24032204
- Title
- In Cold Blood - First UK Impression
- Author
- Capote, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, MURDER, THE CLUTTER FAMILY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Cinema and Books into Film; Biography;
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- VG
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- Tight
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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