The Island of the Day Before- SIGNED & PUBLICATION DATED FIRST EDITION

Eco, Umberto

ISBN 10: 0436202700 / ISBN 13: 9780436202704

Published by Secker, London, 1995

About this Item

Near fine first printing in fine dust wrapper. Some dust accumulation and ;ight foxing to the top edge of the text block. Signed and dated by the author to the title page: Umberto Eco 2.10.95. With original purchase invoice from Waterstones, Bath who sold the copy as a signed, publication-dated book.

Seller Inventory # 003115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Island of the Day Before- SIGNED & PUBLICATION DATED FIRST EDITION
• Publisher: Secker, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0436202700
• ISBN 13: 9780436202704
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In the year 1643, a violent storm in the South Pacific leaves Roberto della Griva shipwrecked—on a ship. Swept from the Amaryllis, he has managed to pull himself aboard the Daphne, anchored in the bay of a beautiful island. The ship is fully provisioned, he discovers, but the crew is missing. As Roberto explores the different cabinets in the hold, he looks back on various episodes from his life: Ferrante, his imaginary evil brother; the siege of Casale, that meaningless chess move in the Thirty Years' War in which he lost his father and his illusions; and the lessons given him on Reasons of State, fencing, the writing of love letters, and blasphemy.

Book Description

Published in hardcover by Harcourt, 1994, 0-15-100151-0
Published in paperback by Penguin, 1996, 0140259198