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Puzo Mario. Fools Die. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978.
Price: US$180.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 572pp. One of 350 presentation copies signed by author. Some tanning arount head and foot of jacket. Some foxing to page edges and cloth inside covers.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Puzo Mario. Fools Die 1978 first edition Signed. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978.
Price: US$323.03 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Puzo Mario ,Fools Die, 1978 ,first edition, Signed will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless stated otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book.
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Mario Puzo. FOOLS DIE Signed. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1978.
Price: US$374.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; Signed by Mario Puzo on title page. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Puzo, Mario. Fools Die. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1978.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Inscribed by Puzo to NAL marketing executive Maryann Palumbo, with an ALS from Puzo to Palumbo laid in. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($12.50), toned at the edges and spine, tear at the foot of the spine. Quarter black cloth with cream cloth on the boards. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, stains on the bottom edge, Palumbo's bookplate inside the front board. Puzo's tale of an orphaned American boy and his rise to literary fame and fortune, a story purported based on Puzo's own life.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). Fools Die [Galley Proof]. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978, 1978.
Price: US$1744.43 + shipping
Description: [Modern Literature] GALLEY PROOF. About 140 loose sheets 36 x 22cm, photocopied to one side only, with occasional minor black ink notes, possibly by the compositor. Also with a roneo'd copy of the author's corrected typescript of the first chapter, totalling eight leaves, SIGNED by the author in pencil to the first page. Presented in a fleece-lined black quarter morocco clamshell box, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and black cloth over sides. Heavy handling and wear / chipping to first and final leaves, as might be expected. Fairly crisp through the main body of the text. Very good. Puzo's first novel following his best-selling 'The Godfather' (1969), focusing on the self-destructive world of Art, writing, and show-business in America. From the library of Bill Targ (1907-1999), editor-in-chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons between 1968 and 1978.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$4199.56 + shipping
Description: [Modern Literature] MASTER GALLEY PROOF. About 200 loose sheets 36 x 22cm, photocopied to one side only, with frequent corrections and notes in various inks and pencils by the editor, printer and author. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the editor, Bill Targ, on the title page: 'For Bill | Finally we made it | affectionately | Mario.' Containing three different versions of the title page, as well as the printer's job-sheet, and the final press-release advertising the publication of the novel. Presented in a fleece-lined black quarter morocco clamshell box, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and black cloth over sides. Heavy handling and wear / chipping to title pages and final two or three leaves, as might be expected. Fairly crisp through the main body of the text. Very good. Puzo's first novel following his best-selling 'The Godfather' (1969), focusing on the self-destructive world of Art, writing, and show-business in America. From the library of Bill Targ (1907-1999), editor-in-chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons between 1968 and 1978.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom