Original green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge red. It immediately popular and is now seen as a seasonal classic, in part due to its numerous adaptations, having been broadcast, recorded, filmed, and staged in multiple award-winning productions. It was first published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956. A Christmas Memory is a collection of short stories written by Capote reminiscing on and fictionalising his childhood experiences of the festive holidays.
This is a lovely association: Wilson was the proprietor of the Phoenix Bookshop in Greenwich Village, a haven for many writers, including Allen Ginsberg, Diane di Prima, Edward Albee, and W.
First edition in book form, signed limited issue, number 340 of 600 copies signed by the author, printed on fine paper, and specially bound, this copy additionally inscribed by Capote in a different pen, "for Robert Wilson, from", above his signature.
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