The Island of the Day Before
by Eco, Umberto
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0436202700
- ISBN 13
- 9780436202704
- Seller
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 513 pages. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Set in the 17th century, Eco's third novel tells the story of Roberto, a young nobleman. He survives war, the Bastille and shipwreck, and meets a variety of fantastical people, animals and machines as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Literature, Literary, Poetry & Drama. ISBN: 0436202700. ISBN/EAN: 9780436202704. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7893. . 9780436202704
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
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7893
- Title
- The Island of the Day Before
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0436202700
- ISBN 13
- 9780436202704
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, umberto eco, Fiction; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Literature, Literary, Poetry & Drama. ISBN: 0436202700 EAN: 9780436202704 Eco, Umberto The Island of the Day Before
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