Gotham Book Mart's Truman Capote Catalog

Archive of Gotham Book Mart's Truman Capote Estate Collection and Ephemera.

New York: 1985.

Price: $200.00


About the item

Gotham Book Mart's Truman Capote Catalog. Near fine.

Item #333086

Gotham Book Mart oversaw the sale of Truman Capote's personal library following his death in 1984 and staged an exhibition of Capote's Snake-Bite Boxes. This collection contains the itemized catalog for the books and the exhibition, as well as press surrounding the exhbition.

Gotham Book Mart's catalog for 'Books from the Library of Truman Capote with Important Additions' that included books taken from Capote's New York apartment after his death in 1984.

Gotham Book Mart press release regarding Capote's snake-bite boxes [single leaf] 2 COPIES

Gotham Book Mart press release regarding Capote's snake-bite boxes exhibition [single 14" x 8.5" leaf, folded at center]

Gotham Book Mart itemized list for Capote's "Collage Boxes" exhibition [three leaves, stapled at top corner] 2 COPIES

Gotham Book Mart itemized list for Capote's "I Remember Grandpa" drawings and watercolors

Xeroxed article about "Truman Capote's Slithery Boxes" [single leaf; Washington Post, 4/16/1985] 2 COPIES

Xeroxed article concerning "Capote's Boxes" [single leaf; The East Hampton Star, 4/4/1985] 2 COPIES

Xeroxed article on "Mysterious Boxes" [single leaf; New York Times, 4/10/1985]

Xeroxed article, "Truman Capote's Little Secrets" [single leaf; New York Magazine, 4/15/1985. New York Times article on verso]

Oshman's All Outdoors Snakebite Freeze Kit package labels [two sheets of uncut labels]

A Xeroxed copy of a letter written by Capote to his aunt Marie "Tiny" Rudisill, postmarked April 4, 1960. [three leaves, folded and stapled at top corner].