Truman Capote - In Cold Blood - 2000

Truman Capote – In Cold Blood – Easton Press – 2000 - Great Books of the 20th Century Series

This Easton Press edition presents Capote's account of the 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas and its aftermath. First serialized in The New Yorker and published as a book in 1966, In Cold Blood established what Capote called the nonfiction novel, applying the techniques of fiction to reported fact. The work took six years to complete, during which Capote conducted hundreds of interviews and compiled thousands of pages of notes, including extended conversations with the killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock on death row.

The book follows two parallel narratives: the final day of the Clutter family and the drifting path of Smith and Hickock toward the farmhouse, then traces the investigation, capture, trial, and execution. Capote was present at the hanging. The dedication to Jack Dunphy and Harper Lee acknowledges the two people closest to the project, Lee having accompanied Capote to Kansas during his initial research.

This edition features illustrations by Alan Reingold, including a frontispiece portrait of the two killers that captures the unsettling intimacy Capote achieved with his subjects.

Full genuine leather binding in burnt orange
Covers with gilt vertical line pattern, decorative border, and central wheat motif
Spine with raised bands and 22kt gold lettering
Gilt page edges
Satin ribbon marker
Moiré fabric endsheets
Smyth-sewn binding
Acid-neutral archival paper
Illustrations by Alan Reingold
Includes publisher's Collector's Notes insert
Printed and bound in the United States

Condition is fine. Binding tight and square. Leather shows no wear. Gilt on covers, spine, and page edges remains bright. Interior clean throughout with no foxing, annotations, or previous owner markings. Ribbon marker intact. A well-preserved collector's copy.

Ships from Germany. Carefully packed in cardboard book mailer with protective wrapping.