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The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399103422
- ISBN 13
- 9780399103421
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Black boards with gold writing on spine; top of book spine slightly rumpled. Bottom of book spine rumpled; very slight wrinkling to some side page edges. Cover price of $24.95 and 6903 on front dust jacket flap; light shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Putnam Adult First Edition, 44th Printing as indicated by number line of "48 47 46 45 44" and no other copyright years listed on copyright page.
Puzo's classic novel that "re-creates the feudal world of the Mafiosi." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
The Godfather is a classic crime novel by Mario Puzo, detailing the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. This novel introduced America to the first family of crime fiction - the Corleones, and it remains a classic in American popular culture. Power, greed, and family loyalty all play out in this portrayal of the mafia underworld. Author Mario Puzo wrote the book based on his personal need for the cash advance, and the paperback rights for The Godfather went on to sell for a record $410,000. The mega-blockbuster 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola featured Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James Caan, among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PUZO002
- Title
- The Godfather
- Author
- Mario Puzo
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399103422
- ISBN 13
- 9780399103421
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969-03-10
- Pages
- 446
- Keywords
- mario puzo; godfather
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
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The game is afoot!
I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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