The Name of the Rose

Eco, Umberto

Published by Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1983

About this Item

Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in the year of publication on the half-title page - "for Nan Miller Umberto Eco, June 83". An excellent Association Copy, Nan Miller was an editor at Indiana University Press for over 30 years. In IU Preident Thomas Ehrlich's 1993 address for Eco's Honorary Degree for Doctor of Humane Letters he noted that " . for more than 15 years, Indiana University has been a home away from home. One draw was the university's Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies in Bloomington. Another was the Indiana University Press, which inaugurated its Advances in Semiotics series with Professor Eco's first major English publication, A Theory of Semiotics. Since then, the IU Press has published five additional books in semiotics that were authored, coauthored, or coedited by Professor Eco." First Edition stated, First Printing with complete Harcourt letter row BCDE. Very Good Plus, top edge of page block moderately foxed, other edges light foxing, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips and tears at folds, 1" closed tear top edge. Basis for the excellent 1986 film starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 006897

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Name of the Rose
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
• Book Type: Book
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