New York Doubleday [Nan A. Talese] 1997 First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated] Hardcover Richard Avedon [Jacket photograph] Very good in Very good jacket xiv, 498 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Note to the Reader. Illustrations. Chronology. Biographies of Contributors. Sources for Printed Material by Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy. Index. DJ has autographed copy sticker on the front and minor wear and soiling. Signed on the page facing the primary title page. Minor weakness at page 496/7. George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927-September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was also known for "participatory journalism, " including accounts of his active involvement in professional sporting events, acting in a Western, performing a comedy act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur. Truman Garcia Capote (born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924-August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966). His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas. Capote honed his writing ability ...

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Doubleday [Nan A. Talese], New York] Hardcover First Edition xiv, 498 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Note to the Reader. Illustrations. Chronology. Biographies of Contributors. Sources for Printed Material by Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy. Index. DJ has autographed copy sticker on the front and minor wear and soiling. Signed on the page facing the primary title page. Minor weakness at page 496/7. George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 - September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was also known for "participatory journalism," including accounts of his active involvement in professional sporting events, acting in a Western, performing a comedy act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur. Truman Garcia Capote (born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966). His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas. Capote honed his writing ability throughout his childhood. ...

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: New York City, NY: Doubleday, 1997] Hardcover First Edition 1st Printing. Signed. 498 pages. Published in 1997. Massive Oral Biography on subject. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. 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 George Plimpton's "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, And Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career". Engrossing and almost definitive as such. "Nobody can match George Plimpton as an adroit weaver of interviews into a tight narrative fabric. His book doesn't knock the biography, 'Capote', off the shelf, but it's so much more fun to read. Brimming with important literary history" (Tim Appelo). Another legendary writer explained to Plimpton why Capote was the Real Thing and F. Scott Fitzgerald's successor, despite the unavoidable distractions of celebrity and reality: "The scene stirring with rightness and strangeness, the compressed phrase, the exact yet imaginative word, the devastating metaphorical aptness, a feeling of concentrated excess which at the same time gives the effect of being crystalline" (James Dickey). About Plimpton: By the time he died in 2003, George Plimpton himself ...

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[Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, Date: 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($35.00 price intact). Published by Doubleday, 1997. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gray with illustrated endpapers. Signed and inscribed by George Plimpton opposite title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. A fine, signed copy of this biography of Truman Capote. 498 pages. ISBN: 9780385232494. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. 1997. Nan A. Talese / Doubleday ISBN 0385232497 9780385232494 [US]

New York Nan A. Talese / Doubleday 1997 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket.; 9.9 X 7.3 X 1.5 inches; 498 pages.

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, New York] Hardcover First Edition Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket. ; 9.9 X 7.3 X 1.5 inches; 498 pages.
[Pomona, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. Date: 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385232497 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition stated. Scuffing to page edges. Scuffing and toning to front and rear panels. ; 9.90 X 7.30 X 1.50 inches; 498 pages . 1997. Nan A. Talese / Doubleday ISBN 0385232497 9780385232494 [US]

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Nan A. Talese, United States] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]

New York: Doubleday [Nan A. Talese], Date: 1997. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Richard Avedon [Jacket photograph]. xiv, 498 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Note to the Reader. Illustrations. Chronology. Biographies of Contributors. Sources for Printed Material by Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 - September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was also known for "participatory journalism," including accounts of his active involvement in professional sporting events, acting in a Western, performing a comedy act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur. Truman Garcia Capote (born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966). His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas. Capote honed his writing ability throughout his childhood. The critical success of "Miriam" (1945) attracted the attention of Bennett Cerf and resulted in ...

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Nan A. Talese, United States] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: New York: Doubleday] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing hardcover. FINE and SIGNED by Plimpton on the left-hand side of the bastard title page, in a Near Fine complete DJ that shows a hint of toning around edges. Seems unread. Includes a bookmark from a Manhattan bookstore on which some employee had written signed copy and inserted into this volume.
[Mastic, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition.
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday 1997 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover, illus As New in As New dust jacket 0385232497. Book New. No notes. No markings of ANY kind. As New DJ with slight crimp at spine base else New, not price clipped ($35); Ships in a box, USA; 498 pages; Flat signed by Plimpton at title page. NOT inscribed.; Signed by Author.

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday] Hardcover First Edition Book New. No notes. No markings of ANY kind. As New DJ with slight crimp at spine base else New, not price clipped ($35) ; Ships in a box, USA; 498 pages; Flat signed by Plimpton at title page. NOT inscribed. ; Signed by Author
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

Nan A. Talese, Date: 1998. Hardback. VERY Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Biography: Business & IndustryVERY Good or Better hardcover w VERY Good dust jacket 1998. Nan A. Talese ISBN 0385232497 9780385232494 [US]

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Nan A. Talese] Hardcover Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Biography: Business & IndustryVERY Good or Better hardcover w VERY Good dust jacket
[Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, Date: 1997-12-01. Hardcover. Used:Good. 1997. Nan A. Talese / Doubleday ISBN 0385232497 9780385232494 [US]

Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 1998 First edition Hardcover New in fine dust jacket. Cloth bound. Photos on endpapers. Illustrated. Coda. Chronology. Biographies of Contributors. Sources for Printed Material by Truman Capote and Jack Dumphy. Index. 498pp. Gift quality. Pristine book, crisp, clean, tight, never opened/read. However the lower spine of the book has a production flaw. DJ has slight shopwear. Adult nonfiction. General audience.

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, Date: 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. (1st) Large, heavy book, fine dark gray cloth, silver lettering and design on spine, several small b/w photos of Capote inside covers and adjacent end papers, 498 pages, photos throughout. DJ glossy white and black with b/w photo of young Capote at top front, back and silver spine, b/w photo of Plimpton on back. DJ and book, both Very Fine. 1997. Doubleday ISBN 0385232497 9780385232494 [US]

ISBN10: 0385232497, ISBN13: 9780385232494, [publisher: Doubleday, New York] Hardcover First Edition 8vo. xiv, 498 pp., illus. Book has trace edgewear, brinding error has left some discreet rubbing marks along the bottom edge of front free endpaper.
[Toronto, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1997]