In Cold Blood, Truman Capote - First Edition, 1st Printing, 1965

First edition, first printing of ‘In Cold Blood’ by Truman Capote in beautiful condition with original first state dust jacket.

Octavo, 343pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine, author’s initials on front cover. Dark blue top stain. ‘First Printing’ stated on the copyright page. No book club mark on back of book. (Note: the book club edition also states first printing, but it has a small debossed square or circle near the bottom next to the spine - this is NOT a book club edition.) Dust jacket has "1/66" on the bottom front flap. The dust jacket rear flap says "Publishers of the American College Dictionary and the Modern Library". Both indicators of a first state jacket.

Original dust jacket, price clipped with some very minor edge wear and an approx. half-inch closed tear on the bottom front cover. Some pale shadowing on dust jacket interior consistent with age. Book interior is clean with no marking, inscriptions, or creasing. Binding is strong and square. Rear plate has some minor scratching. Overall in near fine condition.

A revolution in true crime journalism, In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.