The Island of the Day Before
by Eco, Umberto
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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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
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005971
- Title
- The Island of the Day Before
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York/SanDiego/London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
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