In Cold Blood
by Capote, Truman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Very Good
- Seller
-
Garrison, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House. First edition, first stated printing. This clipped First Issue dust jacket has the "1/66" code on the front flap and "Publishers of the American College Dictionary and the Modern Library" on the rear flap. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the corners. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A sharp copy of this True First Edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1965.
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
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010945
- Title
- In Cold Blood
- Author
- Capote, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
Biblio member since 2019
Garrison, New York
About J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...