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Puzo, Mario. The Fortunate Pilgrim. Atheneum, New York:, 1965.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: dark-tan cloth w/ maroon paper boards; author's name blindstamped on front, gilt lettering on spine; top edge red-orange; pea-green endpapers; 301 pgs; illus dust jacket w/ $5.75 on front flap; Puzo's 2nd book. quotes by Maxwell Geismar & Frederic Morton on back cover. nice jacket design by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. very good(-) copy in very good(-) dust jacket; very slight lean; top edge of front corner skinned, bottom front corner worn at point, otherwise sound; dj worn along flap folds w/ rubbing to spine ends & corners; small, 1/2" triangular chip at front bottom spine fold; back cover soiled; despite wear, cover art not compromised.
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
Puzo, Mario. The Fortunate Pilgrim. New York: Atheneum, 1965.
Price: US$149.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good
Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom
PUZO, Mario. The Fortunate Pilgrim. Atheneum, New York, 1965.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Very faint fading on the endpapers near the hinges, else near fine in a very nice near fine dust jacket with tiny nicks. Author's very uncommon second book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Mario Puzo. The Fortunate Pilgrim [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Atheneum, New York, 1965.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Atheneum, 1965. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket by John O'Hara Cosgrave II, red topstain; [10],301pp. Moderate rubbing to jacket extremities, rear jacket panel a bit unevenly toned, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Mario Puzo. The Fortunate Pilgrim (First Edition). Atheneum, New York, 1965.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Atheneum, 1965. First printing. First printing. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Book has some slight foxing on side edge. Jacket has some darkening on spine and slight wear at head and foot of spine. A clean tight copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Dark-tan cloth with maroon paper boards; author's name blind-stamped on front, gilt lettering on spine; top edge red-orange; pea-green endpapers; 301 pp; illustrated dust jacket with $5.75 on front flap; Puzo's 2nd book. Quotes by Maxwell Geismar & Frederic Morton on back cover. Very nice jacket design by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. in 1988, the novel was turned into a miniseries with Sophia Loren in the lead role. Puzo considered this novel his finest, most poetic, and literary work. In one of his last interviews he stated that he was saddened by the fact that The Godfather, a fiction he never liked, outshone the novel based on his mother's honest immigrant struggle for respectability in America and her courage and filial love.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Puzo, Mario. The Fortunate Pilgrim. Atheneum, New York, 1965.
Price: US$1195.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Scarce second novel by the author of The Godfather. Handsome, collectible copy.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.