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CAPOTE, A BIOGRAPHY by CLARKE, GERALD
- Bookseller: Bookmaven, Inc.
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 1343
- Format: Hard Cover
- Book condition: Fine in Near Fine dj
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0671228110
- ISBN 13: 9780671228118
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1988
Description
New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1988. Hard Cover. Fine in Near Fine dj. Clarke's first book authorized by Capote; based on hundreds of hours of interviews with him and nearly everyone who knew him, as well as on Capote's personal papers. A frank absorbing definitive biography that tells the whole truth about one of America's most gifted, colorful and controversial authors. Clarke begins by re-creating Capote's Alabama childhood in a house of eccentric elderly cousins, his emergence as a gifted young writer with Other Voices, Other Rooms, his introduction to the jet set and travels to Europe. Also his struggles while writing in Cold Blood, and his long descent into a life of alcohol, drugs and fights with quarrelsome lovers. Many photo illustrations. Grey cloth boards, green cloth spine, DJ not price clipped. Mild bumping of upper edge. All else clean, no inscriptions, tightly bound. In protective brodart mylar. First Edition. 632 p, tall 8 vo
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Brodart : Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The name refers to the company by the same name which produces many book repair and archival products.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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