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Mario Puzo Godfather 1st Edition Sold at Nate D. Sanders

Mario Puzo was a crime author who is best-known for his novel The Godfather, centered around an Italian-American mafia family in New York City. The Godfather was adapted into a film as well as two sequels that Puzo wrote the screenplays for. The Godfather films are considered some of the most highly regarded films and Puzo won Academy Awards for the screenplays of The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II. Puzo had a successful screenwriting career with other credits that include the 1978 Superman, Earthquake and the mini-series The Fortunate Pilgrim starring Sophia Loren.

We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a Mario Puzo Godfather 1st edition, a scarce find, for $1,903. Here are the item details:

Mario Puzo “Godfather” Signed 1st Ed.

First edition, first impression, rare book signed inscription by the author Mario Puzo on front free endpaper. Small stain affecting fore-edge of a few front free endpapers, original black & off-white cloth lettered in gilt with dust-jacket, priced $6.95 with code 6903, two closed tears and small chip to spine ends, some creasing, 8vo, New York, 1969. Sold for $1,903.

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Truman Capote’s True Crime Masterpiece ”In Cold Blood” Signed First Edition, First Printing

Truman Capote signed first printing of ”In Cold Blood”, published by Random House: New York: 1965. Fly-leaf is signed, ”Truman Capote” in blue ink. Publisher’s review slip is laid in. Bound in burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering. Top edge black. Measures 6” x 8.75” and runs 343pp. Light staining to bottom edge of front board, and cocking to spine, else near fine. With original unclipped dustjacket. Toning, else near fine. Accompanied by a printed slip from Random House stating this is a review copy and that no review should appear before the book’s publication date of 17 January 1966. Sold for $3,125.

Very Rare First Edition, First Printing of Raymond Chandler’s Masterpiece “The Big Sleep” — The Book That Brought His Detective Philip Marlowe to Fame — With Original Scarce Dustjacket

Scarce first printing, first edition of Raymond Chandler’s most famous book, “The Big Sleep.” New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1939. This novel introduced Philip Marlowe, the detective whose famous first lines in the novel illuminated a character that would forever change the canon of noir and establish the primacy of the hard-boiled detective novel as a genre during the 30’s and 40’s: “I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be.” 277pp. book is in publisher’s original orange cloth, with very minor edge wear and very slight fading to the spine. Some discoloration along the hinges of the endpapers from binder’s glue. Original full-color unclipped $2.00 dustjacket has a few tiny chips and areas of loss to the edges, including one very short closed tear to top edge of jacket. An incredibly scarce copy of Chandler’s seminal work, rarely encountered in a well-kept and unrestored dust jacket. Sold for $2,600.

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