In Cold Blood, Truman Capote. First Edition.

In Cold Blood, Truman Capote First edition, first printing of Capote's true crime classic, a pioneering work in the genre. In the first state dust jacket priced at $5.95 with the "1/66" code.  New York: Random House, 1965. Publisher's original rust colored cloth, lettered in gilt, rust endpapers; pp. (xii), 343, [1]. A near fine copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy, minimal wear to boards. Internally clean and fine. Jacket shows minor shelfwear with a closed tear to back panel, reinforced on verso with archival tape. Protected in archival mylar.