In cold blood; a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences.
by Capote, Truman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket. Two small teacup stains on front cover. Some shelf wear at corners. Otherwise immaculate.
- Seller
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Clayton, Missouri, United States
Item Price
NZ$383.00NZ$325.55
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1965. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Two small teacup stains on front cover. Some shelf wear at corners. Otherwise immaculate.. 343 p. 22 cm. "Appeared originally in the New Yorker in slightly different form."-this edition is the first in book form-Random House Book of the Month Club Edition. 1965-printed BEFORE the 'true' first edition (1966) so their book club members got a real treat.
Synopsis
In Cold Blood is a nonfiction book by American author Truman Capote. The book details the brutal 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a wealthy farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, and his wife and two of their children. When Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, he decided to travel to Kansas and write about the crime.
Reviews
On Jan 30 2017, a reader said:
Wonderfully written true crime story.
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Details
- Seller
- Dinah Moe's Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0004510
- Title
- In cold blood; a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences.
- Author
- Capote, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket. Two small teacup stains on front cover. Some shelf wear at corners. Otherwise immaculate.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- First Editions
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- Fine
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