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Truman Capote. The Muses are Heard. Random House, 1956.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Stated First Printing. With DJ and Mylar. Ex-library with all the typical markings, (with an additional marking from a pocket removed with shallow paper loss to front endpaper.) Black boards with silver purple and blue decoration. Lettering shadows from jacket to the decoration. Brown aged tape affixes the front jacket flap to the the front board. Front flap cannot be removed from book due to tape. Spine tips with edgewear and soft creasing. Toning and mild tape staining to endpapers. Title page with pencil notation along hinge, erasure to top corner and black marker to one of the library stamps. Tearing to fore edge of rear author bio page and fly page. DJ appears to be very good. Mylar with typical wear, dulling, call number sticker. Shelf 4d.
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Ex-library, from MIT libraries. Only evidence of the ex-lib status is a fading library inked address stamp on FEP, and possibly also, the DJ flaps are pasted down.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. THE MUSES ARE HEARD. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$71.50 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. MUSES (THE) ARE HEARD;. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth covered boards, stamped design in blue, silver and purple at front, stamped titles in blue, silver and purple at spine, moderate shelf wear to corners, edges, and head and tail of spine, corners straight. Book body clean and tight, pages lightly age toned. Blue dust jacket shows moderate to heavy shelf wear to edges and corners, some chipping and cracking to top edges and head and tail of spine, previous vendor sticker affixed to front inside flap, white titles at front and at black spine, price intact, archival Brodart protected.
Seller: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses are Heard. Random House, 1956, 1956.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Published in New York by Random House in 1956. First edition. Copyright page states "First Printing." Book near fine, with very slight fading along topmost and bottommost edges of boards and spine, some foxing at edges of pages and on end-papers. DJ very good, some foxing inside and on edges of back and flaps, three tiny chipping marks along top of back flap, slight rubbing at spine ends and along bends, two tiny nicks at top of front. DJ price reads "$3.00."
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo., 182pp. Solid Stated First Printing, Square, tight and clean throughout with barely a hint of exterior wear. Off-setting to end-papers. Bookplate on front paste-down. Several pages in the rear have there top corners mildly dog-eared. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has some tiny nicks and one or two closed edge-tears.Mild rubbing to edges. Fresh and bright. A respectable collectible copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard: An Account. Random House,, New York, 1956.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: VG in VG- dj, Name in ink on the pastedown,
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses are Heard. An Account By Truman Capote. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition stated on the copyright page. Fine plus in fine dust jacket with minor chips on spine. Price clipped.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. THE MUSES ARE HEARD. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover; 8vo; 182 pages. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Black cloth hardcovers with metallic blue, purple, and silver titles on spine, with a square design of the same colours on front. Prev. owner's name in pen on ffep, alongside a small brown glue stain. The pages are yellowing but still bright and clean. Ina blue and black jacket with white text. Russian title on back. Yellowed overall. Back soiled. Lightly bumped edges. NPC, $3.00 on flap. With a clear plastic wrap. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Capote, Truman. The Muses are Heard. Random House, NY, 1956.
Price: US$117.00 + shipping
Description: First printing- NOT price clipped. Clean & bright copy. No tears or rips in DJ - no owner marks or signatures. An account of the 1955 Russian premiere of Porgy and Bess. Truman Capote traveled with the cast on the train from Berlin to Leningrad.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Random House. New York. 1956. 182 pages. First edition, first printing stated. Book is tight and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Pages lay tight. Slate blue topstain. Vintage name/address with 2-number zip code neatly written on FFEP. Minor wear to silver box on front panel. Original DJ with $3.00 price intact on flap. Minor rubbing at crown and heel. Slight rubbing with minor soiling. A tight and clean copy with flaws noted. VG+/VG
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. THE MUSES ARE HEARD. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$148.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wear and small open tears to DJ. Previous owner's address sticker to front free endpaper; An American troupe travelled to Russia to perform Porgy and Bess, and author Capote went along to chronicle the trip ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. THE MUSES ARE HEARD. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$148.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Price clipped DJ shows light spotting and chipping ; An American troupe travelled to Russia to perform Porgy and Bess, and author Capote went along to chronicle the trip ; 8vo; 182 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. The Muses Are Heard: An Account. Random House, 1956.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book is in unread or gently read condition. Burgundy boards have sharp corners. Binding is tight and square. First title page has tape stains; otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked. Ex-library with usual markings.
Seller: Friends of PLYMC, Youngstown, OH, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House; NY; 1956/nd/FP, 1956.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: ; 182 pp.; DJ; F/F-; . . . [kwA_ 1st Ed. ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. An Account by Truman Capote. New York Random House r1956, 1956.
Price: US$186.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. 3p.l.182pp. Octavo in original illustrated black cloth and dust jacket with wear to extremities and some fraying at top of dust jacket spine. very good
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 182 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Capote's trip to the Soviet Union in 1955 to present "Porgy And Bess" in Leningrad, as a cultural exchange attempt at the height of the cold war. Almost as new copy in unclipped dust wrapper, tiny nicks at foot. Orig. black cloth backstrip lettered in white and blue with front inset in three colors. Fine in near fine dust wrapper
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. THE MUSES ARE HEARD: AN ACCOUNT. Random House, 1956.
Price: US$206.59 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.5
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, 1956.
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CAPOTE, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. New York: Random House, 1956. 8vo, pp. 182. Very good in unclipped dust-jacket (minor wear to spine ends). Dust-jacket design by Philip Grushkin, with English lettering to front face, and Slavonic to the rear. First edition, first printing. Written in reportage style this book is a captivating and entertaining account of the cultural mission by The Everyman's Opera to the U.S.S.R. in the mid-1950s, where the mostly black troupe performed the George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward opera Porgy and Bess in Leningrad and Moscow. This was a historic cultural event, as The Everyman were the first American theatrical company to perform in the Soviet Union since the Bolshevik Revolution. Capote was sent to accompany the Opera, and to record the group s Russian tour. The book's title comes from a speech given by one of the Soviet cultural ministry officials, who declared: When the cannons are heard, the muses are silent. When the cannons are silent, the muses are heard.'
Seller: Chase Rare Books, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
CAPOTE, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a very lightly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy of Capote's account of an African-American theatrical company performing *Porgy and Bess* in Russia.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman.. The Muses are Heard. An Account.. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 182 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's black decorated cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a bright unchipped jacket with very slight use and dust-soiling to the rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman.. The Muses Are Heard. An Account by.. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$261.79 + shipping
Description: First edition. Fine in d/w with a bit of wear to the spine ends but o/w quite nice.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Capote, Truman. The Muses are Heard. Random House, New York:, 1956.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: black linen w/ silk window-design [blue/silver/purple/blue] on front; lettering on spine silver & blue w/ RH icon purple; 182 pgs, "An Account" of trip to Soviet Union; blue dust jacket printed white w/ $3.00 listed on front flap, '11/56' at bottom; rear cover mirrors front, but in Russian & blue printed on white; w/ Review slip. jacket design by Philip Grushkin. fine copy in fine dust jacket; a stunning copy.
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
CAPOTE, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Faintest toning on front fly, still easily fine in fine dust jacket. Capote's account of an African-American theatrical company performing *Porgy and Bess* in Russia. A much nicer than usual copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Truman Capote. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, 1956.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Publisher: Random House, New York, 1956. FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ mylar-protected dust-jacket. SIGNED and Inscribed by Author on the dedication page. Where it says "For Babe Paley," the author penned in blue ink "+ Tom. T. Capote". DJ has a tiny bit of wear at the spine ends, otherwise as new. First Edition, First Printing (Stated).
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Capote, Truman. The Muses Are Heard. Random House, New York, 1956.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This copy is Inscribed and SIGNED by Truman Capote in the year of publication on the front free endpaper "For.with the best regards of Truman Capote. Christmas, 1956." This ORIGINAL dustjacket has minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this True First Edition SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.