(New York: Random House, 1949).

FIRST EDITION. TRUMAN CAPOTE’S FIRST BOOK OF SHORT STORIES AND ONLY THE SECOND WORK OF LITERATURE PUBLISHED BY HIM. Includes eight masterful short stories, two of which received O.Henry awards. Known for his fine story-telling, this collection has many of Capote’s best: “Miriam,” “Shut a Final Door,” “A Tree of Night,” and “Master Misery.”. Item #15354

First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in the original printed dustjacket. 209. A very good copy with light age wear to the extremities of the jacket.