SUMMER CROSSING: A NOVEL

New York City, NY: Random House, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Random House, 2006. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 143 pages. The author's debut novel. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Modern Library Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Truman Capote's "Summer Crossing". His first novel, an inchoate yet startling achievement nevertheless that anticipates his later work. "Shows the promise of a future Master. Capote told everyone he had destroyed his earliest effort (produced at age 19), but it turned up at Sotheby's, handwritten in four ruled school notebooks. With her Fifth Avenue Protestant parents off in Europe, 17-year-old Grady rebels by intensifying an affair with and quickly marrying a parking lot attendant from a dysfunctional Brooklyn Jewish family. There are glimpses of Capote's signature style that emerged only four years later in 'Other Voices, Other Rooms', and a hint of 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' " (Publishers Weekly). The bit about the parking lot attendant is vintage Tennessee Williams, reflecting the latter's considerable, perhaps even decisive, influence on the young Capote. Includes an illuminating Afterword by Allan U. Schwartz, Truman Capote's literary executor. An absolute "must-have" title for Truman Capote collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. Please note: Almost ALL other copies available online have serious flaws, are in multiple subsequent printings, or are the subsequent Modern Library Edition, which does not have the same collectible value. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is widely regarded as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1400065224.