TRUMAN CAPOTE: U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT ADVERTISEMENT

New York City, NY: Newsweek, 1966. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Newsweek, 1966. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Truman Capote collectible piece. A fine copy of the original, actual advertisement, NOT a contemporary digital copy print, of the author appearing on behalf of U. S. News And World Report, signed by Truman Capote. The advertisement is "blow-up" oversize, at 10 X 14 inches. Features the author in a closeup portrait-photograph: A pensive-looking Truman Capote, post-"In Cold Blood" triumph, at the height of his global renown. There is very minimal text printed at the bottom. As such, it is designed for and is eminently suitable for framing. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect: It has lost almost none of its sepia-toned clarity and warmth when it first appeared. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Truman Capote: U. S. New And World Report Advertisement". Marks the very first appearance of Truman Capote on behalf of the legendary publication. The text underneath Capote's vast portrait simply states: "We spare our readers unimportant news. We spare our advertisers unimportant readers". Meaning, the publication and Capote matter as serious subjects. Furthermore, that Truman Capote is an important reader himself, worth reaching by advertisers. For all of his private and public troubles, Truman Capote mattered throughout his literary and public life - and posthumously, too. ALL of his books, not just "In Cold Blood", are in innumerable subsequent printings, and have remained in print uninterruptedly. This is surely and mainly because "In Cold Blood" is the most important and influential book of its kind ever written in the 20th century. Capote himself called it the "first nonfiction novel". Norman Mailer, on the one hand, and Joan Didion, on the other, emulated its ground-breaking techniques to write their own masterpieces. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, piece for Truman Capote collectors. This copy of the U. S. News And World Report Advertisement is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue fountain pen on recto (underneath his portrait) by Truman Capote. It is signed directly on the advertisement itself, not on a tipped-in page or bookplate. This piece is highly collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of it available online and is in remarkably well-preserved condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Keep in mind that this is ephemera, most copies of which have vanished. It is the only signed copy we have ever found or will ever find. A rare, one-of-a-kind signed copy thus. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is regarded by Harold Bloom as the author's canonical masterpiece. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).