Description
First edition of A Tree of Night by Truman Capote.
Octavo, [8], 209pp. Black cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated “first printing” on copyright page. Solid, clean text block, dyed black on top edge, a near fine example. Previous owner’s information stamped on front free endpaper. In publisher’s dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, a few small closed tears, sunning along spine, a very good example.
A Tree of Night is a collection of short stories written by Truman Capote nearly a decade before his famous novels Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood emerged.
