PUZO, Mario | The Godfather

NY: G. P. Putnam, 1969. 4to.; red endpapers; quarter bound white boards with black cloth spine; decoratively stamped in gilt on cover; title stamped in gilt on spine; in original pictorial dust jacket; chipped and edge worn, spine lightly tanned, otherwise bright. First edition. Signed by author Mario Puzo on the title page, and additionally by five people indelibly involved in the film versions of the book: director Francis Ford Coppola (first free endpaper); producer Robert Evans and screenwriter Robert Towne (verso of half title page); with inscriptions by actors Al Pacino on the half title (“Larry / Please try to understand / Al Pacino”) and Diane Keaton (“THEY ALL LIED! / Kay / (Diane Keaton)”) on the rear free endpaper. An extraordinary association copy of the book that was the basis of two enduring American film classics, the first of which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel about the Corleone crime family was an instant commercial hit, sellin