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Travels in Hyper Reality: Essays
by Eco, Umberto
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151910790
- ISBN 13
- 9780151910793
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, purple cloth spine, dark gray boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, purple color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 307 pages. DJ glossy white, colorful lettering, praise on back from New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and others. DJ lightly browned at top front and back edges, light crease at bottom back tip. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
Eco displays in these essays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum. His range is wide, and his insights are acute, frequently ironic, and often downright funny. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52330
- Title
- Travels in Hyper Reality: Essays
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151910790
- ISBN 13
- 9780151910793
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Essays Language Semiotics Nobel Prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essay;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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