In Cold Blood

New York: Random House, (1965). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 343 pp. Original full burgundy cloth-covered boards, stamped in gold, silver, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Mild edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners. Tape repair to rear panel fore edge. Penned price atop corner flap. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm, corners sharp. Minimal toning to page edges.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, and he traveled to Kansas to write about the crime. He was accompanied by his childhood friend and fellow author Harper Lee, and they interviewed residents and investigators assigned to the case and took thousands of pages of notes. Killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were arrested six weeks after the murders and later executed by the state of Kansas. Capote ultimately spent six years working on the book. In Cold Blood was an instant success and is the second-best-selling true crime book in history, behind Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter (1974) about the Charles Manson murders.”