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MARIO PUZO. The Sicilian. SIGNED. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.
Price: US$233.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. 8vo. Publisher s cloth-backed red boards, spine lettered in gilt, title embossed to upper board. In unclipped jacket. The plastic surface of jacket slightly letting in parts of upper and lower edge. Very weak and small spot to lower edge of spine. A very good copy in a very good jacket. | SIGNED by Mario Puzo [1920-1999] to front flyleaf. | «The Sizilian» is set to the same universe as Puzo s «The Godfather» and some of the characters also occur in this novel.
Seller: Antikvariat Bryggen [ILAB, NABF], Skjeberg, Norway
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete numberline). SIGNED by MARIO PUZO on a bookplate affixed to front endpage (signature only). $17.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. previous owners embossed stamp on title page. From the 1987 film version of the novel: Attached to front end page is a card SIGNED by MICHAEL CIMINO (the film's Director- scarce autograph). Attached ot the second page is a bookplate SIGNED by GORE VIDAL (co-wrote the screenplay); a card SIGNED by TERENCE STAMP (played 'Prince Borsa'); and another card SIGNED by JOSS ACKLAND (played 'Don Masino Croce). Laid-in (not attached) is a small B&W photo SIGNED by ALDO RAY (played 'Don Siano of Buacquino'). Unique copy for the Puzo-Cimino-Sicilian fan or collector. NOTE: NO international orders for this book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2894.96 + shipping
Description: [Mafia Novel] TYPESCRIPT DRAFT. More than 400 standard sheets of US paper (29 x 23cm), loose in a plain brown card box. The lid is inscribed 'PUZO | The Sicilian' in red ink, with 'Unrevised | Draft' written in pencil by the author below. Presented in a fleece-lined black quarter morocco clamshell box, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and black cloth over sides. Crisp, clean sheets, with no markings or corrections. The box is well handled, with numerous tape repairs. Very good. The second novel in the 'Godfather' series, following the original published in 1969. 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