Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote (First British edition)
CAPOTE, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A Short Novel and Three Stories. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958.
First British edition. Truman Capote's evocative novella set in 1940s New York featuring the captivating heroine, Holly Golightly, a country girl from Texas who fashions herself into a glamorous New York playgirl, and whose ultimate fate remains a mystery. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is one of the quintessential American stories of the 20th century.
The film adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s released in 1961 starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly. This role established Hepburn as one of the greatest and most stylish movie stars of all time.
8vo, original cloth, minor spotting to endpapers and fore-edge. Very good in very good dust jacket (slight edge wear; light spotting to rear face; not price-clipped).