Uncle Frank: The Biography of Frank Costello. [Hardcover] by Katz, Leonard - (1973)

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Drake Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

No dj. Very Good book. Index, b/w photos.; Foreword by Anthony Quinn.

Drake Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Drake. Hardcover. 1973. 1st Edition. 8vo 272pp . Fine in Good+ Dust Jacket. B&W Photographs. DJ moderately rubbed. Study of the rise of an organized crime boss who manipulated New York City's Democratic power base--Tammany Hall .

Drake Publishers, 1973-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Signed. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, First Edition Stamped in red-Client's Proof/Proof Complete Signed by the Author 1973 Drake Publishers 272 pages. Very Good+, in a Good+ DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards without any spine titles - corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear and some chipping to clipped DJ - now in mylar. Signed by the Author at the top of the half-title page - To Andy, a good friend then and now. This copy is the Client's Proof which was submitted for corrections before publication. The book is stamped in a red box: Client's Proof, Proof Complete on the FFEP, at the top of the contents page and on the last FEP. Also of interest, is both DJ flaps have words crossed out with handwritten suggestions to go in their place. Please see photos to come. Biography of Frank Costello, one of New York City's most famed crime bosses of all time. ISBN- 0877495491. A very handsome… Read More

Hardcover, Near As New, DJ is held together by tape. It still protects, so l will call it Fair.. Contents aappears as unread & unblemished in Fine, black cloth covered boards with DJ displaying no significant surface/edge/wear
Illustrated by 20 B/W Photos. Costello was regarded as the real Czar of the Mafia syndicate, Prime Minister of the underworld who owned New York . Uncle Frank as he was often called, was a most complex individual. Unlike many of his colleagues, he set aside guns, was friendly, outgoing and most often without a trace of menace. He could as easily mix with businessmen and powerful politicians as he could with the likes of Lucky Luciano and Al Capone. His career spanned the first three-quarters of the 20th-century, and he was a key figure in the modern history of the US's largest city. A carefully researched and documented life of Uncle Frank, from his birth into grinding poverty in Southern Italy, to his emergence as the single most powerful man in politics and organized crime in… Read More

Drake Publishers, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!