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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. 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). - Small chips to jacket; light staining to cloth.

A world-famous tale of power, revenge, and loyalty set in the Mafia underworld, 'The Godfather' follows the powerful Corleone crime family.