The Grass Harp

by Capote, Truman

The Grass Harp is a novel by Truman Capote published in 1951 that tells the story of an orphaned boy and two elderly ladies who observe life from a tree. They eventually leave their temporary retreat to make amends with each other and other members of society.

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THE GRASS HARP

by Truman Capote

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1951
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A Near-Fine First Printing, First Edition by Random House, 1951. It is clearly signed by the author, "FOR DAN - TRUMAN CAPOTE" on the front second leaf. Boards, spine, and edges are pristine; corners are unbumped. Book is clean and straight with a solid binding. The title on the spine is clean and bright. DJ is clean with slight wear on… Read more about this item
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Grass Harp, The

by Capote, Truman

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1951
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New York: Random House, 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover, 181 pages. Tan cloth, white spot to front cover. Dust jacket with acetate cover, minor wear to edges, light spotting, price-clipped. Tanning to front and back end pages. Stated first printing on copyright page. Record # 803432
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

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1954
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New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1954. Softcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Very good in wrappers.
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First edition
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1951
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Hardcover
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New York: Random House [1951], 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [8], 3-209 pp. Beige cloth with brown, green, and black lettering on the spine; purple topstain. Illustrated title page. Jacket design by Miriam Woods. Ahearn APG 004a. Capote's fourth book, a tale of outsiders trying to make it in a small southern town. Jacket is price-clipped… Read more about this item
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The Grass Harp: A Play

The Grass Harp: A Play

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1952
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New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight rubbing and a tiny (1/8") tear on the rear panel. A beautiful, crisp copy.
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

by Capote, Truman

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Used - Orig. beige cloth spine lettered in red and green. Fine in very good dust wrapper
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First edition
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1951
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Hardcover
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New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine lettered in red and green. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 181 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His second novel in clipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. Double illustrated title page lettered in red.
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1951
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Hardcover
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London: William Heinemann, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Very near fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with a fairly large stain on the rear panel. Author's second novel.
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The Grass Harp: A Novel

The Grass Harp: A Novel

by Capote, Truman

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1st Edition
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1951
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Hardcover
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Random House, 1951, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Random House in 1951. First edition. Copyright page states "First Printing." First Issue(book bound in rough cloth). Book very good, with some discoloration on boards, spine and on end-papers, slight wear at corners. DJ very good, with tiny piece missing at top of… Read more about this item
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THE GRASS HARP

by Capote, Truman

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1st Edition
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1953
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Soft cover
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New York: Signet, 1953. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. A better than very good copy in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers. 12mo. 142 pp.
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First Edition
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1951
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Hardcover
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New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. Octavo, 181pp. A crisp, clean copy, very good, in the publisher's first-issue rough-grain tan cloth. Spine gnetly cocked and the inner hinges just starting, but a sound copy. In a nearly very good dust jacket, price-clipped (as seemingly always?), with rubbing along the joints, a few short… Read more about this item
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1982
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(New York): Dramatists Play Service, 1982. Softcover. Fine. Acting edition. Stapled wrappers. Fine.
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The Grass Harp: A Play

The Grass Harp: A Play

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1952
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New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition. First Printing, one of reportedly only 500 copies (per Ahearn). Octavo; rough beige cloth, titled and ruled in gilt and green, with printed paper title label on front panel; green topstain; dustjacket; 120pp; illus. Topstain slightly faded, else about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly edge-rubbed… Read more about this item
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The Grass Harp

by Capote, Truman

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Used - Rough beige cloth (first state of binding). A lovely copy in very good dust jacket with slight wear and soiling
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First edition
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1951
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New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Rough beige cloth (first state of binding). A lovely copy in very good dust jacket with slight wear and soiling. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Grass Harp

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1951
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New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first issue binding. Pages and cloth spine and edges moderately age-toned, else a very good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. Capote's second novel.
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The Grass Harp: A Play
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The Grass Harp: A Play

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First edition
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1952
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Hardcover
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New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1951, First Edition (stated first printing). Hardcover, beige cloth with titles and design in blue and green. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Topstain faded; otherwise a sharp, clean copy. DJ with light fading to the spine and rear panel; 2-inch closed snag on the… Read more about this item
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1951
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New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); first binding in rough beige cloth, with titles stamped in brown, green, and black on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; [viii],181,[7]pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper, else a tight, sharp copy, very straight and clean with none of the usual darkening to the endpapers. In the original dustwrapper,… Read more about this item
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1951
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New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); first binding in rough beige cloth, with titles stamped in brown, green, and black on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; [viii],181,[7]pp. Some faint freckling to cloth at board edges; ownership signature and the usual offsetting to endpaper gutters; Very Good+. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, slightly rubbed at folds,… Read more about this item
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The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

by CAPOTE, Truman

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1951
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New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. First edition. First issue binding. Near fine with some light age-toning, in a fair dustwrapper, price clipped, with rubbing to the interior from the rough beige cloth boards, wear to the joints and edges, and lacking the back flap - the interaction of the rough cloth binding with the soft… Read more about this item
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THE GRASS HARP

by Capote, Truman

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(New York): Random House, (1951). First edition, in the first-issue rough-cloth binding. Faint offsets to pastedowns (from jacket flaps) otherwise near fine to fine; in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light stain on front panel affecting final "S" in "GRASS," edges and folds a bit rubbed, few small tears, and rear panel lightly soiled.
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The Grass Harp.

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New York, Random House, 1951. . First edition, first printing; 8vo; mild offsetting to endpapers, slight age-toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's oatmeal cloth, titles to spine in dark red, green and black, brown topstain, with the price-clipped dust jacket, mildly tanned, else a very good copy. First edition of the author's second novel.
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