Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. Random House, 1952.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: (1st ptg.) Light brown cloth, green leaves in green box on front, tiny nick at spine top edge, very tiny tear near spine top, surface wear to spine bottom, 120 browned pages--used by amateur actor so it has extensive red and regular pencil underlining and notes as stage directions throughout, some ink as well. Ink and pencil notes on the first front end paper. Poor copy of a scarce book--Reading Copy.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp (Play). Random House, New York, NY, 1952.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing of the Play Edition, 1952. Clean and tightly bound with very slight edge wear only. Contents remain fine. The dust jacket shows insect damage, Fair only.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, TRUMAN. THE GRASS HARP. RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1952.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TOP OF SPINE TORN
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. The Grass Harp (Play). Random House, 1952.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST PRINTING (stated) 1952 tan hardcover with light edge rubbing; clean text; NOT ex-library; prev owner name inside front cover; no jacket; A2S7
Seller: The Bookworm, Herrin, IL, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp, a play by Truman Capote. Random House, 1952.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of the play version of Capote's novel of the same name. Very good in a very good jacket. Although not notated, this copy belonged to the dedicatee of the book, Saint-Subber.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman.. The Grass Harp: A Play.. New York: Random House, [1952]., 1952.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Light brown boards, stamped in green. Near fine in very good, price-clipped d.j. Jacket has some toning on extremities of flaps and one tiny tear. First edition.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 120, plus b/w photo-illustrated plates. Corners bumped, resulting in slight wrinkle throughout text block. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled along the edges; rear panel and spine just a bit tanned; light chipping along fore-edge of rear panel; not price-clipped, and presents nicely in mylar.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a price-clipped, very good dustwrapper with shallow loss at the crown and some tanning to the spine letters.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of reportedly only 500 copies (per Ahearn). Octavo; rough beige cloth, titled and ruled in gilt and green, with printed paper title label on front panel; green topstain; dustjacket; 120pp; illus. Topstain slightly faded, else about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly edge-rubbed and toned with a few short tears, scuffed on front panel; Very Good. Capote's play based on his autobiographical novella of the same title, published the previous year.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp (A Play). Random House, NY, 1952.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first printing hardcover. Top corner slightly bumped (slightly creasing page tips. ) Minor pencilled notations to endpages. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned to rear panel, slightly creased to top corner. Review copy with review slip laid into mylar cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, 1952.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Truman Capote - The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House (1952). True First American Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper with a chip on the front panel, but which is otherwise very fresh. One of only 500 in the print run. See image. Enclosed in archival quality mylar cover.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp. A Play. Random House (1952), N. Y., 1952.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, illustrated with scenes from the 1952 production, original boards, dust jacket. Covers a little rubbed, otherwise a fine copy in lightly dust-soiled & worn jacket. Scarce. Covers a little rubbed, otherwise a fine copy in lightly dust-soiled & worn jacket. Scarce. First edition. One of 500 copies printed.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. The Grass Harp - A Play by Truman Capote. RANDOM HOUSE, 1952.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Grass Harp - A play by Truman Capote" by Truman Capote. Random House NY. 1952, first American edition first printing of the play, preceded by the novel in 1951. Book in very good condition with original dust wrapper in good conditition but with some wear and chipping to edges.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of reportedly only 500 copies (per Ahearn). Octavo; rough beige cloth, titled and ruled in gilt and green, with printed paper title label on front panel; green topstain; dustjacket; 120pp; illus. Topstain slightly faded, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly edge-rubbed, with a few short tears, and some minor toning to rear panel; Very Good+. Capote's play based on his autobiographical novella of the same name, published the previous year.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 120 pp., with illustrations. First Edition, with Review Slip laid in (Publication Date: May 10, 1952. Price: $2.50). Near Fine in a VG+ or better unclipped dustjacket, with a small tear to head of spine and toning to rear and extremities of inside flaps. Reportedly only 500 copies (Ahearn, 112). A beautiful collectible copy.
Seller: Crow Hop Rare Books, Kennesaw, GA, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of toning on the white spine lettering and a single tiny tear. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid in. A very pretty copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. THE GRASS HARP. Random House (1952), New York, 1952.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. "A Random House Play" illustrated with photos of the staged production. Based on his novel of the same name. Bookplate of Barry L. Nary on front pastedown. Near fine in very good or better dust jacket age toned at spine and folds and with head of spine nicked and rubbed but otherwise only minor wear,
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Issue bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "FIRST PRINTING" printed on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap with a hint of wear to the edges. The book is in great shape with slight wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Random House Play. Random House, 1952.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing.120 pp. Photos by Cecil Beaton Jacket designed by John Gage. Chip on jacket spine, water/coffee stain on back of jacket. Cloth cover vg.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman.. The Grass Harp. A Play.. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket, not price-clipped. 120pp. with four black and white photographic stills from the New York production. Very slight toning to jacket--no chips, tears or fading. Q12912
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
TRUMAN CAPOTE. THE GRASS HARP: A Play. Random House, New York,U.S.A., 1952.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition ( first printing stated) of the play, The Grass Harp, preceded in 1951 by the novel of the same name. This was printed in a very small quantity ( Ahearn states 500). A FINE book with only a faint fade to the top edge stain in a FINE jacket with slight age toning to spine and rear panel. No rips, tears, rubbing. etc. etc. Illustrated with b/w still from the stage production. A beautiful copy!
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
CAPOTE, TRUMAN.. The Grass Harp: A Play. New York: Random House, 1952, 1952.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a price-clipped, very good dustwrapper with a long tear on the front panel, near the flap fold. With the bookplate of actress Ruth Gordon and her husband the director Garson Kanin on the front fly.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Pictorial title page. 8vo, re-bound in full maroon leather. New York: Random House, (1952). First Edition.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp (A Play). Random House, N.Y., 1952.
Price: US$425.04 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing (stated). A Fine copy - clean, crisp and appears to be unread. The dust jacket is also Fine, showing minimal wear and a short, closed tear at the top of the front panel. An exceptionally nice copy. Please see photos.
Seller: Bob's Rare Books, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of only 500 copies> With review slip laid in. Publication date May 10, 1952. 1 vols. 8vo. Review Copy. Cloth, fine in almost fine dust jacket with small tear at upper front cover First edition, one of only 500 copies> With review slip laid in. Publication date May 10, 1952.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp: A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight rubbing and a tiny (1/8") tear on the rear panel. A beautiful, crisp copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. THE GRASS HARP. A PLAY. Random House (1952), New York, 1952.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon First edition. One of 500 copies printed. 8vo, illustrated with scenes from the 1952 production, original boards, dustwrapper. Near fine in very good or better dustwrapper.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Truman Capote. THE GRASS HARP. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$714.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at top of front of both panels.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST PRINTING" printed on the copyright page. A spectacular copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. A Play. Random House, New York, 1952.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Illus. 120pp. 8vop. Inscribed o9n ffep: " For Jack Ansbaugh from Truman Capote." Tan cloth. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.