Truman Capote — Music for Chameleons

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Capote's short story collection with the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper designed by Peter Horridge. Ink inscription to the front free endpaper and first blank page. Split into three parts, this collection includes stories such as 'Hospitality', 'Dazzle', 'Hidden Gardens', 'A Beautiful Child' and 'Hello, Stranger', as well as 'Handcarved Coffins', which is a non-fiction crime novel similar in style to Capote's most famous work, 'In Cold Blood&apos. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in immaculate condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper has a little creasing to the extremities, with a faint tide mark to the verso, otherwise in lovely condition. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.