The cover...

Can somebody please FULLY describe exactly what the new and original Godfather cover looks like? I'm planning to get it this week... And I want to know if I'm getting the original or the new one... Grazie.

hey bro! the old one is the black and red cover with puppet strings. i've seen the new one(forgot the design but its blurred) but i prefer the old, the classic.
you're a CAPO bro Congrats!

GoodFella

The old one had a black cover with the puppett strings and a drawing of Don Corlone looking rather bald and grim, kinda like Brando in "Apocalypse Now."

are those the original first releases of the Godfather book Senor Turnbull? i thought the original was the red and black with puppet strings. have'nt seen the one with don Corleone's drawing, and have no knowledge of that. the one i'm talking about the "new" are the one's i saw recently with blurred pictures(forgot the design). all the Puzo novels have new covers. . .

GoodFella

Hey, bro! How's life, treatin' yah? And how are you, Turnbull?

Anyways... I got some questions.

I went to the Barnes & Noble site and I can't seem to find the one you're talkin' 'bout, Turnbull. Maybe the books with the original cover ain't sold no more, eh?

But, I think I saw the one you're talkin' bout, bro. Go to the Barnes & Noble site , look up The Godfather and tell me which one you think/know is the original.

Also, one last thing. On the very first one they show when I searched up Godfather at B&N, why the mother-fuck does it say "The Sicilian" right under "The Godfather Mario Puzo"!? Aren't those two completely different books? I'm confused. Oggie, Turnbull.... HELP!

This is the one I have. Ugly ass drawing, but I love the small print. Makes me feel like a BIG kid!

hey bro! any gigs?
i don't know what you mean by "original", i know they all are it depends on what edition you want to buy. BTW they've just released the 30th anniversary edition. enjoy your read bro!

thanks for the pic PastaPunk!

GoodFella

Thanks for the pic, PastaPunk!

No, no gigs lately, bro!

Anyways... Can someone answer this question - How come when I search "The Godfather" (minus the "s) at www.barnesandnoble.com , the first match(first book shown)says "The Sicilian" at the bottom of the cover? Aren't those two completely different books? Why's it there?!

Turnbull... If you're out there, HELP!

Anthony, you may be encountering problems with Barnes & Noble because they sell books that are currently in print, and GF novel may not be in print now. However, I STRONGLY recommend that you go to abebooks.com and cruise them for a used copy. In fact, here are the first three, of many, entries for The Godfather. I've purchased several books from their sellers, and they've always been reliable:

Puzo, Mario Godfather, The
G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1969 BCE, Hard Cover (dj), vg-/vg- 8vo; 448 pp; fxing on edge; hinge; dj worn & torn at edges . Bookseller Inventory # 31231
Price: US$ 7.50 convert currency
Presented by THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, BETHLEHEM, PA, U.S.A. (SEARCH THIS SELLERS INVENTORY)
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3. Puzo, Mario The Godfather
Fawcett Crest New York 1969 1st Edition POCKET (PB) G . Bookseller Inventory # THIRD037787
Price: US$ 7.50 convert currency
Presented by BECKER'S BOOKS, Houston, TX, U.S.A. (SEARCH THIS SELLERS INVENTORY)
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4. Puzo, Mario Godfather, The
Fawcettt 1969 Copyright 1969 Fawcett 1st Paperback Print No Date Good Cond - Cover & Spine Worn & Creased Stamped Inside (Soft PaperBack) . Bookseller Inventory # 83338
Price: US$ 18.75 convert currency
Presented by Cozy Corner Books, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A. (SEARCH THIS SELLERS INVENTORY)
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Thanks, Turnbull!

My copy is the same as yours, Pastapunk. Is the man on the cover supposed to be Vito?

I think it is Vito. I still think it's UUUUUUUGGG-LEE! But it's now my favorite book, and stays by my bedside (front cover faced DOWN) for the time being.

Talk about ugly, THIS seems to be the current paperback version. Yucky puppet strings logo. But THIS is the classic version.

I also have the one with the drawing on it, which -- since it came out before the movie -- isn't supposed to be Brando. There is also a paperback version with a red cover with Brando on it (and a photo gallery inside) that came out after the movie.

I suggest Used Book / Book Trader type stores to find a nice variety usually...

JG

I have this one, too. It says "Author of The Sicilian" (like we shoudl know that, but not that he wrote The Godfather??)

JG

Thanks, J Geoff!

I think I've seen a different cover.....I think was silver and shiny although I dont remember what the design was like and Puzo's other novels had similar covers.

Ok...I bought the Godfather novel today....it was printed in 99 I think and I think the publisher is arrow....I think it could be the "blurry" cover. The cover looks like this :
an grey-haired man in a black suit standing in front of a large window with his 2 hands leaning on a desk in front of him....the light from the window blurs the image of the figure and is reflected from the desk.
The cover has the name MARIO PUZO written in large red font in the centre of the cover and nearer the bottom of the cover "The Godfather" is written in a smaller, white font.
This seems likely to be the "blurry" cover but Im not sure if it is published in the US or just in UK and Ireland.
I went onto the site of the publisher but couldnt find a picture of the cover but I found a nice picture of Mario Puzo:
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/images/authors/1886.gif

Thanks for the info, GodDaughter!

I got the novel for this christmas, and it's beautiful. In big silver letters it says 'Mario Puzo' Beneath that it says 'The Godfather' with the logo. Beneath that it says in red print: 'The classic'

I think I got a very weird one.

It's black/grey and it just says

The Godfather (In grey/silver letters)
Mario Puzo (In white letters)

Does anyone know this book?

MM Floors I have yet a different one to yours and everyone elses - Yikes! I think I must have the ugliest version yet. But then again it's only paperback..... It doesn't have the Godfather font, it has a shadowy/blurry/way too skinny figure standing in the background of a very subtle title which says The Godfather in white Garamond style font....Mario Puzo's name is in big red Narrow Arial style font....it was the only English version I could find in my city on the day I searched for it.

Ach, what does it matter. It's about the text in the book not the cover.

I went to B & N and saw 2 versions. They had the Anniversary version which is smaller and the unbridged one which is bigger and more expensive.

I've got the blurry cover and the matching 'The Sicilian' and 'Fools Die' editions they are all beautiful. The sicilian has the same style writing as the godfather blurry edition but the background pic is looking out of a bell tower over what i presume is sicily with the silhouette of a bell in front. The 'Fools die' edition once again has the same text style and a picture of a '50s style black and white shoe stamping out a cigarette on the floor.

Hope this helps. You can see all the covers by going to amazon and searching for mario puzo.

That's very true

They don't show the cover I have of the Godfather paperback although it's very similar to the Omerta and The Sicilian covers....

Example of The Sicilian cover

Sveta, congrats on becoming a Capo!

I have one thats pink and it has pictures of the movie inside. I bought it off my friend for a dollar.

Dankjewel

All of my Puzo books are like that too, the Arrow publication, except for The Fourth K and The Family which have the original Godfather font on the covers.

i bought mine at Barnes & Noble last week. Mines the red cover with Godfather writen in white.

the cover that i have got is the one with marlon brando on the front cover outlined in red and the rest is in black with the puppet handstring

what in the eternal f**k?!

M.M. Floors, I have the same one as you.

I think we are the only ones here. I have searched internet and found a lot of different covers. Really, I think there are around 25 (or more) different ones.

I came across what i think is a "rare" copy of the Godfather..it has a dark pink cover(paperback)a image of Marlon Brando and has 32 pages of pictures from the film. I bought it at a used book store for 75 cents and it is in awesome shape, no creases, no bent corners, the spine isn't even broken in yet!!!Pristine Condition...can anybody tell me if this is a valuable book???????

I have two books. One book I had since 1976 is red with white letters. Brando's Vito is on the cover and it read "now a major motion picture'. it has about 16 pages of the godfather movie in the center. The book cost a whopping $1.95!

i also have the same book, in the same size but it hardcover.

I ran a search at Barnes and Noble's site and came up with many books, the first ones are GF, i havent looked any further though. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...7&bfdate=03%2D22%2D2003+23%3A13%3A36

This is the one i have.

Mine is a plain white background with the title in black and 'Mario Puzo' in grey. It was published in the UK in 1970. No puppet strings, no 'Godfather' font, nothing. Do all the American versions have that stuff?

Yeah, U.S. glams it all up

This is the one I have:



It's hardcover, published by Putnam in 1969.

Yeah, this is an English version. This one I've read for my bookreport English (to one you got from me! )