THE COMPLETE STORIES OF TRUMAN CAPOTE: WITH "ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE" FROM STRAND MAGAZINE

New York City, NY: Random House, 2004. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Random House, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 300 pages. Scarce Truman Capote collectible set. A fine copy of "The Complete Stories of Truman Capote" First Hardcover Edition/First Printing with a pristine copy of the Strand Magazine's publication of his recently discovered short story, "Another Day In Paradise". The latter, in effect, truly completes his oeuvre. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the greatest American collections of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Random House: Regular-sized volume format. Hard boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by Truman Capote. Introductory Essay, "Usable Answers", by the great American novelist Reynolds Price. The latter piece, which alludes to "Answered Prayers", appears in this edition only. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In wraparound DJ, which utilizes the great, Surrealist-inspired photograph of the 21-year-old Capote by Henri Cartier-Bresson, as issued. Presents "The Complete Stories of Truman Capote". Nothing less than some of the highest spots of modern American literature. Capote will always be remembered - rightly so - for his masterpiece, "In Cold Blood" (1965). Still, his short stories and his novellas, that is to say, his long short stories ("Other Voices, Other Rooms", "The Grass Harp", "Breakfast At Tiffany's", and in the end, "Answered Prayers") are among the enduring achievements by an American author whose life was tragically cut short by what amounted to a self-inflicted death from depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction. The inescapable interest in Capote The Celebrity tends to dilute and distract us from the greatness of Capote The Writer. Capote's model was Flaubert, and his stated goal was punitively Flaubert-ian: Literary perfection. There is no contemporary American writer who writes as magnificently as Capote did at the height of his powers. Fashionable American writers today denigrate his achievement because they can't do it, and we tend to hate what we cannot do. Includes "The Bargain", which appears in published form for the very first time. An absolute "must-have" title for Truman Capote collectors. This title is a great collection. It comes with a pristine copy of Strand Magazine's "Truman Capote's Unpublished Short Story". As far as we know, this is the only such set of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing and Strand Magazine Issue available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce set thus. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is widely regarded as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine set. (SEE ALSO OTHER TRUMAN CAPOTE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679643109.