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The Island of the Day Before.
by Eco, Umberto. (Text) Weaver, William. (Trans. )
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151001510
- ISBN 13
- 9780151001514
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151001510 . First American trade edition. SIGNED by Umberto Eco on the title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Light traces of foxing at edges. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 513 pages .
Synopsis
In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessel’s mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his era’s obsession with science and navigation. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Island of the Day Before.
- Author
- Eco, Umberto. (Text) Weaver, William. (Trans. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151001510
- ISBN 13
- 9780151001514
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0151001510
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