Original Godfather Signed Page 1 Typescript 

 Mario Gianluigi Puzo [1920 / 1999] Two time Academy Award-winning Italian American author & screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, especially The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film with Francis Ford Coppola. Typed manuscript [fair copy] Signed from the first page of The Godfather. Glazed & framed in rich brown tones to an overall size of: 18" x 22" [7" 1/2 x 10"] [ 5" 1/4 x 6" 3/4], double matted with a full gilt filet. Reads: "Godfather / Book I / Chapter I / Amerigo Bonasera sat / in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruely hurt / his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her. " Excellent presentation uniquely displayed. $1475