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First Edition, First Issue in First Issue dustjacket, with SIGNED Card by Mario Puzo inserted into the book. Thick 8vo, publisher s original cloth backed boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper cover, in the original pictorially decorated dustjacket. Now protected in a black cloth covered slipcase. 446 pp. A bright, clean and handsome copy with some light rubbing to the extremities of the dust-jacket. A quite handsome copy and with the added signature of the author. SCARCE FIRST EDITION WITH AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH AND A MODERN CLASSIC. When Puzo s novel was first published, it brought us one of the first modern renderings into novel form, the feudal world of the Mafiosi. While most everyone is familiar with the movie versions of the "Godfather" novels, not nearly as many have read the spellbinding story, written with authentic knowledge of the milieu and with the hand of a master storyteller.

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