THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE [Signed]
Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William [translator]
ISBN 10: 0151001510 ISBN 13: 9780151001514
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1995
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Octavo, 515 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$25.00." Minor shelf wear. Interior pages clean. Signed flat by Umberto Eco on title page. Shelved under Display Table #2. 1396287. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1396287
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The author of The Name of the Rose presents a panoramic historical novel, set in the seventeenth century, about a young aristocrat who goes to sea to find love and an old Jesuit with a boundless scientific knowledge. 300,000 first printing. $250,000 ad/promo. Tour.
About the Author: Umberto Eco is professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna.
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Title: THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE [Signed]
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First US Edition, First Printing.
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The Island of the Day Before
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ISBN 10: 0151001510
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Eco on the title page of his ARC for The Island of the Day Before. Clean, unmarked copy free of creases. BP/Case. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1550457457888
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The Island of the Day Before
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Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American edition. Signed by author and translator. The jacket is slightly creased and worn on the top and bottom edges. The top and bottom edges of the covers spine are bumped and creased. Binding is secure and inside is clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 1149927
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The Island of the Day Before
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Island of the Day Before
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine first edition, first printing. "A fascinating lyrical tale.". Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 007425
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THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE [Signed]
Published by
Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0151001510
ISBN 13: 9780151001514
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 515 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Dark blue spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$25.00/ Canada $35.00", and has mild shelving wear. Boards have a dent on the rear head edge. Textblock has mild wear along the edges. Contains a loose card between the rear flap and mylar. Signed flat by Umberto Eco on the title page. Shelved Room C. 1388802. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1388802
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The Island of the Day Before
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Harcourt Brace / Helen and Kurt Wolff, New York, 1995
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Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First U.S. edition, stated; first printing, full letter line (A-E); translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Signed by the author on the title page: "Umberto Eco." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped; a small stain to the fore page edges and a ding to the bottom page edges. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $25.00); edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 012695
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THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Umberto Eco - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE
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New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1995, 1995
ISBN 10: 0151001510
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Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 530 pages. Published in 1995. The author's third novel. One of Umberto Eco's greatest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The publisher's special Limited Slipcased Edition is the only other edition that precedes. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Umberto Eco's "L'Isola del giorno prima" in a felicitous English translation. A gripping historical novel. Its point is that if a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a modicum may have even greater perils. Eco's immediate concerns here - the double, the direction of time, the effect of Modern science upon Classical morality - are all profoundly philosophical. For in the invisible city called world literature, Umberto Eco's position has been unique: A serious, erudite writer whose books attract, provoke, and sell millions of copies throughout the world. His theme here, which underlies his entire body of work, is the great insoluble one of the relations between truth and reality, reality and fantasy, fantasy and prophecy, prophecy and mystery. His ability to conjure the past in all its richness, complexity, and darkness will remain unsurpassed among contemporary writers. Time flies: One looked forward to a new Umberto Eco book with reliable, nearly annual, regularity, and even if, lest one forget, the book in question needed to be translated first - with the author's complete involvement and full blessing - before it could actually be published. Those of us who were fortunate enough to see and hear him in person knew first-hand that apart from being a ground-breaking scholar, philosopher, cultural critic ("semiotician"), and literary artist/novelist, Eco was also a fastidious polylinguist whose command of the English language was better than most native speakers'. Umberto Eco died on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84, the exact same day as Harper Lee, another literary icon of the less prolific kind, who died at the age of 89. They will both be missed. An absolute "must-have" title for Umberto Eco collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Umberto Eco. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER UMBERTO ECO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0151001510. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 20264
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The Island of the Day Before
Published by
Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0151001510
ISBN 13: 9780151001514
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Seller: First House Books, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing. A copy, which would be described as Fine, except that some liquid damage to the rear lower edge and foot of the spine has affixed the jacket to the case in the affected areas. The damage is barely visible from the exterior and does not impact the block. Otherwise, crisp and bright. A stated first US printing with the "A" present, signed to the title page. 515 pages. 6.25" x 9.5". First published in Italian in 1994, The Island of the Day Before is Umberto Eco's (19322016) third novel, which followed the blockbusters The Name of the Rose (1980) and Foucault's Pendulum (1988). Written from the perspective of a modern author, reviewing the surviving papers of the primary character, The Island of the Day Before is about a 17th-century man stranded on a wrecked ship. Despite being within sight of an island, the man cannot swim, so he is left alone with his thoughts and philosophical musings. . Seller Inventory # 68
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THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE [Signed]
Published by
Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0151001510
ISBN 13: 9780151001514
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Advance Reading Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 533 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is blue with white lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the rear head joint corner, and mild bending wear along the front head joint corner. Textblock has staining along the edges, mild age toning along the edges, and mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by Umberto Eco on the title page. Shelved in Room C. It is stated on the copyright page that this book is also the first American edition. 1388766. Special Collections. Seller Inventory # 1388766
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The Island of the Day Before (Signed)
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Harcourt Books, New York, NY, 1994
ISBN 10: 0151001510
ISBN 13: 9780151001514
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Seller: West End Editions, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy signed on the title page by the author. First printing of the American hardcover edition. This copy is in beautiful condition, very collectible. Signing event provenance is laid in along with the publishers promotional post card. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002214
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