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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1635

Capote, Truman American writer and social gadfly (1924-84); best known for his ´nonfiction novel´ In Cold Blood and his novella Breakfast at Tiffany´s. Choice Autograph Letter Signed "Truman Capote," 1-1/2 pages, 8vo, Brooklyn, February 20, 1963. He writes Miss Lieppert "at the suggestion of [screenwriter and librettist] Mr. Arthur Laurents...to help me find a beach house (in Quogue) to rent this summer. The house must be by the water, have a garage, at least two bedrooms, a living-room with a fireplace and a good kitchen...I do not want to pay in excess of $2,500." Pin holes at top, fold and edge wear, VG. Quogue is a beachfront community on the south shore of Long Island. With desirable Book "In Cold Blood." NY, Random House, [1965]. Signed "Truman Capote" and inscribed to a reader on half title. 8vo, red cloth with gilt spine and initials, "Book Club Edition," original jacket. Jacket with coffee stains and wear, book lightly rubbed, strong VG. At the time of the present letter, Capote had begun work on the book, considered his masterpiece. [2]

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