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THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE
by Eco, Umberto
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- ISBN 10
- 0151001510
- ISBN 13
- 9780151001514
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1995. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. A romance of navigation and science in the mid-seventeenth century. After a violent storm in the South Pacific in 1643, a young dreamer finds himself shipwrecked but saved by an abandoned ship anchored in the bay of a beautiful island.
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's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151001510
- ISBN 13
- 9780151001514
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- ECO PUMTO FIJO SHIPWRECK ISLAND CLOCKS MAPS LONGITUDES MOONS JUPITER FLOOD
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