CAPOTE, Truman

The Muses Are Heard: An Account of the Porgy and Bess Visit to Leningrad [SIGNED by Capote]

London: Heinemann, (1957). Uncorrected Proof. Printed wrappers with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 178. Grayish wraps lettered and ruled in red, some soiling to wraps, wear to spine. In proof illustrated dust jacket designed by J. Faczynski, chipping to head of spine, closed tear top edge of front panel. Signed by Capote. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Item #12284

Uncommon format, more so signed, of Capote's account of the 1955–56 cultural mission that sent the American production of Porgy and Bess to the Soviet Union. It first appeared in two parts in The New Yorker, incidentally Capote's former place of employment, as an office boy. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival protector.

Price: $750.00