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Presumed UK first edition. Copyright page has date of "1969". No date on title page. At foot of copyright page is "Reprinted by photolithography and bound in Great Britain by Bookprint Limited, Crawley, Sussex. " [Presumably this means reprinted from the earlier US edition, or possibly it could mean the book is an early UK reprint]. 446 pages. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Some spotting and browning to page edges. No signatures. Later price in ink on front free endpaper. Moderate rubbing to edges of boards. Some creasing to spine cloth. Some staining to boards. Staining to dust wrapper. Quite heavy creasing to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper rubbed and worn at edges. 1/2" tears and chips at head and tail of dust wrapper spine. 1" surface chips peeling away at head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" chips at corners of dust wrapper. Horizontal 1/2" tears along front flap fold of dust wrapper. Adhesive tape repairs to reverse of dust wrapper. "This is a spellbinding story of a feudal society within society which does not hesitate to bribe, threaten and exploit power-hunger, cupidity and lust, to consolidate and increase its evil power. " - from dust wrapper blurb. This novel was later made into the film "The Godfather".; 8vo

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