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Milan: Bompiani, 1980. First edition, first printing. Original cloth with dust-jacket. Fine. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF ECO'S LITERARY MASTERPIECE. Eco's historical mystery novel, set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, follows the tale of the friar William of Baskerville and the young Benedictine monk Adso of Melk, who are sent to investigate a series of murders that have occurred within the monastery. Renowned not only for Eco's intricate plot, Il nome della rosa contains a vivid depiction of the late Middle Ages rich in historical depth and precise in its depiction of the tensions within a medieval community. The present signed copy is in remarkably fine condition, with the original unclipped dust-jacket and a label from Italy's copyright authority SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori; Italian Society of Authors and Publishers) verifying the copy as one of the first printings from September 1980. ECO, UMBERTO. Il nome della rosa. Bompiani: Milan, 1980. First… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1980. First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "a Charlie Winick Umberto Ecco 16 June 83." The recipient, Charles Winick, was an American author, psychologist, professor of anthropology and sociology, and academic, noted for his work in the fields of gender, drug addiction, and prostitution. After serving in Military Intelligence during World War II, he was a professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the City College of New York, taught at Columbia University, and was the author of more than 40 books, including The New People: Desexualization in American Life, published in 1969, in which he contended that American society was "following the path of Ancient Greece and Rome" by gradually becoming a "neutered society." His… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1983. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. Both the spine and the decorative panel are stamped in gilt. Map-endpapers. 502pps. Stated First Edition (B C D E, as called for). First Printing. There is a touch of wear to the upper front tip, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; the original price (15.95) is intact on the front flap. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A flyer to the signing event is laid in. An excellent, collector's-quality copy.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate a wealthy Italian abbey whose monks are suspected of heresy. When his mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths patterned on the book of Revelation, Brother William turns detective, following the trail of a… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page - " for Nan the only of my ( furlogh?) books she did not co-authored ( what a pity !) Umberto June 83 from the Bloomington Abbey". A wonderful and notably personal Association Copy, no other signed copies of Eco's books found without his surname. Nan Miller was an editor at Indiana University Press for over 30 years. In Indiana University President 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… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1983. 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,… Read More

London: Secker and Warburg. 1983. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original beige cloth over brown paper covered boards with titles in bronze to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and some spotting to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge is spotted and toned to the top edge corner. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, but with has several closed tears repaired with tape to the underside. Not price-clipped (£8.95 net to the lower front flap). The British first edition is scarce in signed state. Umberto Eco's award winning first book; a masterpiece of historical crime fiction. The basis for the 1986 Jean-Jacques Annaud directed film starring Sean Connery in the lead role of Franciscan friar William of Baskerville.… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First U. K. Edition. SIGNED by Umberto Eco on title page. Fine in close to fine dust jacket. (Some lamination lines on front cover. ) Less common than it's American counterpart. ; 4 3/4" x 7 3/4"; 84 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Paperback. First edition. An uncorrected proof of the first U. S. edition.† †A very good plus copy with some wear to the extremities and a snag on the front cover.† Light sunning to the spine.† Previous owner name on front endpaper.† Signed by Umberto Eco on the title page. † The basis for the movie that starred Sean Connery.† This was Eco's first novel,† one that many critics now call a more sophisticated--and more insightful novel than another blockbuster† that was set in the Middle Ages--the Da Vinci Code.† †.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First English Edition, Nineteenth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 502 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine pictorial with yellow label and red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$35.00." Light shelfwear and rubbing. Small smudge to the top edge of the text block. Inscribed on the title page by Eco. Shelved in case 6. 1368381. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.