CONVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE
by Lawrence Grobel Foreword by James A. Michener New York: NAL: New American Library, (1985). First edition, THIRD printing. Publisher's first printing number code sequence 3 through 9 to the copyright page. Inscribed SIGNED by Lawrence Grobel and dated 1988, to the title page. Illustrated with fourteen photographs on striking black-and-white plates. A
collection of conversations with Truman Capote that Grobel gathered
during the last two years of Capote's life that illuminate his
interactions with, and opinions of, numerous famous personalities
including Jacqueline Kennedy, Norman Mailer, Marilyn Monroe, J.D.
Salinger, Elizabeth Taylor and more. Grobel won a special achievement award in nonfiction from international PEN, for Conversations with Capote. Fine in cream-tweed linen over boards with plum embossed titles to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with a short tear to the lower front panel, and a corner crease to the front flap; original printed $14.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Elusive SIGNED. Octavo; 244 pages; index. |