ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: New York City, NY: Random House, 2006] Hardcover First Edition 1st Printing. 143 pages. Published in 2006. 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 ...

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ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House] Hardcover
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New York: Random House, Date: 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to the edges. ; Octavo. 2006. Random House ISBN 1400065224 9781400065226 [US]

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ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House, New York] Hardcover First Edition A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to the edges. ; Octavo.
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New York: Random House, Date: 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Bound in the publisher's original blue boards, spine stamped in gilt. 2006. Random House ISBN 1400065224 9781400065226 [US]

ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Witness the coming together of Truman Capotes voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature.The Washington Post Book World A great breezy read . . . with Capotes trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.New YorkA lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capotes Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth centurys greatest writers. Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair shes been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her. Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young carefree socialite, Grady, who must make serious decisions about the romance she is dangerously pursuing and the effect it will have on everyone involved. ...

ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Witness the coming together of Truman Capotes voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature.The Washington Post Book World A great breezy read . . . with Capotes trademark wit, but also with genuine youthful awe at the exhilaration of late-forties New York.New YorkA lost treasure only recently found, Truman Capotes Summer Crossing is a precocious, confident first novel from one of the twentieth centurys greatest writers. Set in New York just after World War II, the story follows a young carefree socialite, Grady McNeil, whose parents leave her alone in their Fifth Avenue penthouse for the summer. Left to her own devices, Grady turns up the heat on the secret affair shes been having with a Brooklyn-born Jewish war veteran who works as a parking lot attendant. As the season passes, the romance turns more serious and morally ambiguous, and Grady must eventually make a series of decisions that will forever affect her life and the lives of everyone around her. Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Set in New York during the summer of 1945, this is the story of a young carefree socialite, Grady, who must make serious decisions about the romance she is dangerously pursuing and the effect it will have on everyone involved. ...
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ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House Inc] Hardcover 160 pages. 8.25x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House] Hardcover First Edition Publisher: Random House, New York, 2005. FINE- hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. Remainder marked, otherwise as new. First Edition, First Printing.
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ISBN10: 1400065224, ISBN13: 9781400065226, [publisher: Random House] Hardcover pp. ix + 142
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

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Random House 2005-10-25 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Size: 9x6x1; The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

U.S.A.: Random House, Date: 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page and with numbers 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3. Near fine book and dust jacket, light wear on both. 2006. U.S.A.: Random House ISBN 1400065224 9781400065226 [US]