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Auction archive: Lot number 55

''An offer he can't refuse.''

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,750
Auction archive: Lot number 55

''An offer he can't refuse.''

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,750
Beschreibung:

"An offer he can't refuse." The Godfather, signed, 1969 PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather . New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed and signed by the author : "For Frank Adamucci Jr., With my sincere thanks for his kind words about this book and my best wishes. Hope you will like the next one. Mario Puzo" on the lower free endpaper (inverted). Puzo's extraordinary novel, the success of which rescued his family from debt, takes us inside the violent society of the Mafia underworld and its gang wars. It was the basis for the 1972 film starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Script, and Best Actor, and is considered the greatest mob movie of all time. Octavo. Original two-toned cloth gilt (slight edge-toning); pictorial dust jacket by Neil Fujita Studio (a few tiny edge-creases and pale spots to flap versos). Custom quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : Frank Adamucci, Jr. (presentation inscription).

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

"An offer he can't refuse." The Godfather, signed, 1969 PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather . New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed and signed by the author : "For Frank Adamucci Jr., With my sincere thanks for his kind words about this book and my best wishes. Hope you will like the next one. Mario Puzo" on the lower free endpaper (inverted). Puzo's extraordinary novel, the success of which rescued his family from debt, takes us inside the violent society of the Mafia underworld and its gang wars. It was the basis for the 1972 film starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Script, and Best Actor, and is considered the greatest mob movie of all time. Octavo. Original two-toned cloth gilt (slight edge-toning); pictorial dust jacket by Neil Fujita Studio (a few tiny edge-creases and pale spots to flap versos). Custom quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : Frank Adamucci, Jr. (presentation inscription).

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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