Signed by the author

Puzo, Mario. The Godfather.

New York, G. P. Putnam's, [1969].

8vo. 446 pp. With inscription on title-page in black ballpoint. Publisher's black and white cloth, in dust jacket. Jacket is first edition, 12th printing.

 2,500.00

First edition, 11th printing of Puzo's genre-defining masterpiece and basis for Frank Coppola's iconic 1972 film by the same name, inscribed by the author "Best, Mario Puzo" on the title-page.

Mario Puzo (1920-99) grew out of a childhood in Hell's Kitchen into one of the great novelists and screenwriters of the 20th century. The Godfather is his best-known work, and for his collaboration with Coppola he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; he and Coppola would go on to collaborate on further films, including The Cotton Club (1984).

Description

Volume is first edition, 11th printing (publisher uses "impression"). Jacket is first edition, 12th printing.

Condition

Small chips to jacket; light staining to cloth.

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