In a complete, original dust jacket designed by Ismar David with the original price of $3.50 at the top of the inside front flap and the date code of "10/58" at the bottom of the flap.
Very clean and tight throughout with light blue topstaining. Handsomely bound in finely woven yellow cloth stamped in gilt and black on the spine. Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK. The film was released on 5 October 1961 to critical and commercial success, grossing $14 million on a $2.5 million budget. Capote's novella was published together with three other short stories: "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory." "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was adapted to film in 1961 by George Axelrod, starring Audrey Hepburn in her most memorable role as Holly Golightly. A wonderful collector s piece, presenting beautifully on the shelf. A binding truly befitting of this iconic work. 168-171 not affecting any text, otherwise a fine copy. Signed by the Author to a front blank leaf. Published by Random House (New York), 1958. 8vo, exquisitely bound in full orange morocco over beveled boards, raised bands, black leather lettering-pieces in gilt to the spine, gilt ruling to the front and rear boards, all edges gilt, brown endpapers, pp. From these origins, Capote brought Holly into the literary world, changing it forever with her unique blend of independence, raw ambition, and vulnerable elegance. For Capote, they were it: the most glamorous and often the most powerful girlfriends in town" (Wasson). She took her dreams of society from Truman's own mother, her existential anxieties from Capote himself, but her personality, which seemed so intimately hers, would come from the tight-knit coterie of Manhattan divas Truman so flagrantly adored.
"Like every fiction, Holly Golightly was a composite of multiple nonfictions.
Long before Hepburn graced the screen as Holly Golightly, Capote was observing the New York socialites around him and gathering inspiration for the character who would help define his career. Capote's admitted favorite literary creation. An American classic in literature, it was also the basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Audrey Hepburn in the iconic role of Holly Golightly. Dust jacket about Fine, without any of the ubiquitous spine toning, but a touch of wear at the spine ends and rubbing on the rear panel. The book is Fine, appearing unread, with sharp corners, clear titles on spine and no ownership markings.
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