In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
by Truman Capote
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€14.02€9.82
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1965 Random House, New York. 1965. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an address label on the half title page. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to tips and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good; light toning to spine and panels; missing piece from top of front panel; splash stain on bottom of front panel. Maroon cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on the spine and the TC gilt on front board. Maroon endpapers. Banded head and tail. Tinted textblock top. 343 pp 8vo.This is a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences. On November 15, 1959 a farm family of four people in Holcomb, Kansas was murdered for no apparent reason. Finally Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were arrested, tried, and hanged by the State of Kansas on April 14, 1965. This book is the story of the lives and deaths of these six people. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 017006
- Title
- In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
- Author
- Truman Capote
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, Holcomb Kansas, Death by Hanging, Lansing Kansas, Richard Eugene Hickock, Perry Edward Smith, Kansas State Penitentiary, Clutter Family, multiple murders, hanging
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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