8vo. (Slight marginal toning.) Original yellow cloth (slight soiling, spine slightly slanted and lightly creased); dust jacket (price-clipped, some chipping and soiling, spine faded).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, SIGNED BY CAPOTE on the front flyleaf. With stated "First Printing" on copyright page and dust jacket with "10/58" date code on the front flap. Capote's novella was published along with three other short stories: "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory." "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was adapted to film by George Axelrod in 1961, starring Audrey Hepburn in her most memorable role as Holly Golightly. The film was released on 5 October 1961 to critical and commercial success, grossing $14 million on a $2.5 million budget.