NY, Random House, (1965). His most famous book, a bestseller that redefined the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction and helped define the New Journalism of the 1960s. A story of the cold-blooded killing of a Kansas family that was shocking in its day for its portrayal of the lives and thoughts of the killers, as well as its graphic violence. Inscribed by the author: "For Irene/ from an admiring friend/ Truman." Unsigned, the book is not especially scarce in the first printing -- it had caused a sensation when portions appeared in The New Yorker, and therefore it had a large first printing; however, because of its soft paper dust jacket, it is a book that shows wear readily. This copy has very slight bowing to the front board, and is otherwise fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a thin mark to the cover and a hint of sunning to the title block on the spine. A nice copy with a warm inscription. [#911162] SOLD