Capote, Truman ~ IN COLD BLOOD; "A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences".

Random House, New York: 1965. First Edition, first printing. Front jacket flap with the $5.95 price and "1/66" date code at the lower corner, copyright page states "First Printing."

Condition: 8vo, [xii], 343 pages - Publishers reddish-brown cloth with gold and silver title on spine & "T.C." on front cover; Burgandy endpapers with black topstain. A near fine copy with front board slightly bowed and a bit of rubbing to the cloth and softening to the spine tips. Binding tight and interior clean and unmarked. 

The dust jacket is unclipped and in very good condition with chipping to the fold and spine tips, a bit of toning to the rear panel, and a couple of small, closed, tears with acid free tape repairs visible on the verso. 

Overall, a nice copy of the true first trade edition of Capote's best-selling true crime masterpiece that recounts the brutal 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Kansas.