In Cold Blood. A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
New York: Random House, 1965. 1st Edition. Octavo, publisher's burgundy cloth, spine stamped in metallic blue and gilt, upper board gilt, top edge stained black, burgundy endpapers, original two-tone printed dust jacket.
"Once a thing is set to happen, all you can do is hope it won't. Or will – depending. As long as you live, there's always something waiting, and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living." First edition of Capote's bestselling non-fiction novel, recounting the murder of a family of four in rural Kansas and the subsequent prosecution and execution of the two killers. Illustrated with a haunting frontispiece photocollage of Richard Eugene Hickock's and Perry Edward Smith's eyes. Faint toning to edges of cloth, small dampstain to top edge of lower board and head of spine; unclipped dust jacket with minor chipping to spine-ends and flap-folds and some edgewear. Very good. Item #13332
$225.00