The case for the Grau/McGinley state being first is that the Grau and McGinley reviews were replaced by the Daniels blurb on the stated second printing of the dust jacket. There has been significant debate about the order of the states. They are identical except for the back flap reviews. They both have the author's photo on the back panel. Both states have the Capote blurb in green, the $3.95 price, and no printing statement on the front flap. The other state dust jacket has a single Jonathan Daniels review, and we have seen many of these. One state has two reviews on the back flap - by Shirley Ann Grau and Phyllis McGinley. There appears to be two states of the first edition dust jacket. Boards are brown with green cloth spine.Ī first edition dust jacket has no statement of printing and has a price of $3.95 on the lower corner of the front flap. "FIRST EDITION" is stated on the copyright page. Approximately 5,000 first printings were produced.
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