A Tree of Night and Other Stories, Truman Capote
First edition, first printing of Capote's second published book and first collection of short stories.
New York: Random House, 1949. Publisher's original black boards, spine lettered in silver and orange, ruled in orange; pp. (viii), 209. A very good copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, minor shelfwear to boards, faint cup rings to back board. Internally clean. Jacket shows some general shelfwear and rubbing with a tape reinforcement to the verso of spine crown. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.