SIGNED BY CAPOTE
CAPOTE, Truman. The Thanksgiving Visitor. New York: Random House, (1968). Octavo, original half red cloth, original slipcase with photographic label. $1200.
First trade edition, signed on the half title by Capote.
The first separate printing in book form of this childhood memoir, which first appeared in McCall's magazine. For the first ten years of his life, Truman Capote lived in rural Alabama with many of his elderly cousins. The Thanksgiving Visitor is an autobiographical story about those years, and especially of his relationship with one of his cousins, Miss Sook Faulk, who appears with Capote in the photograph used for the slipcase label. Preceded by a signed limited edition of 300 copies.
Faint tape residue to front pastedown. An about-fine copy in a mildly faded slipcase.