The Island of the Day Before
by Eco, Umberto
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995. A few pages appear lightly warped around page 115 which is only discernible from viewing fore edge pages, else fine. In mylar. First edition stated.. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002514
- Title
- The Island of the Day Before
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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