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Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's decorative two-toned cloth in pictorial dust jacket by Ezra Jack Keats, green topstain; [6],308pp. Light shelf wear, jacket spine panel quite toned (as usual), light soil to cloth boards, else a Very Good and sound copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Mario Puzo's first novel, set during the post-War American occupation in Germany. The Godfather did not appear for another fourteen years.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Puzo, Mario. The Dark Arena. Random House, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1295.00 + 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. First novel by the author of The Godfather.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Puzo, Mario. The Dark Arena. Random House, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1499.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red and black boards with gilt and blue titles. Stated first printing. Inscribed by Puzo to ffep. Inner hinge separating in spots. Spine ends/corners a bit rubbed. The original jacket in mylar has price of $3.50 and is lightly rubbed/edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.