In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
SKU: B-000531

In Cold Blood

Author: Truman Capote
Special Features: Dust Jacket, First Edition, Inscribed, Hardcover
Condition: The dust jacket has many tears, and chips, and general wear. The dust jacket is clipped, and has numbers written on the inner sleeve. The first two papers each have a name written on them. A number of pages have varying degrees of marks, and or thumbing.

True Crime Crime & Mystery

Secondhand copy — please check photos and condition notes.
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Truman Capote’s landmark true-crime novel In Cold Blood appears here as a coveted 1966 first-edition hardcover, complete with its original dust jacket. The gripping account of a Kansas farmhouse massacre helped birth the modern nonfiction thriller and still haunts readers today.

This copy carries an ink inscription (not author-signed) on the fly-leaf, adding a personal touch for collectors. Inside, prior owners penned small names on the first two pages; the story text itself remains fully readable and unmarked.

Expect honest wear: the clipped jacket shows edge chips, tears, and some penciled numbers inside, while several pages reveal light thumbing and occasional spots—typical evidence of decades of careful reading. Despite these flaws, the binding is sound and the book presents well on a collector’s shelf.

A vintage gem for fans of literary crime, Capote completists, or anyone hunting an affordable first printing of In Cold Blood.