The Thanksgiving Visitor/A Christmas Memory (Boxed Set)
$40 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · In dust jacket
New York, New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Boxed Set (Hardcover). Fine/No Jacket. Slipcased hardcover edition contains 2 of Capote's most beloved, semi-autobiographical holiday books. "Thanksgiving" orig. published in McCalls in 1967) draws on the years he lived with a family of distant, elderly cousins in a small rural AL town (a setting in which he became the inspiration for Harper Lee's character Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird"). The same setting is used in "Christmas" (which first appeared in Mademoiselle in 1956), but it focuses on his relationship with one of his cousins, Miss Sook Faulk. The First Edition, First Printing, in this format (First, thus), this 103-page hardcover has rust-colored cloth over quarter light brown cloth-covered boards, blind-stamped with the author's initials to front, lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & completely unmarked. The slipcase is Good+: strong & secure, with fading & rubbing to extremities. Front paper pastedown is flawless. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
- Publisher: Random House
- Year: 1967
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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