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The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

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The Name of the Rose

by Eco, Umberto

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

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, top edge of page block moderately foxed, other edges light foxing, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips and tears at folds, 1" closed tear top edge. Basis for the excellent 1986 film starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

Synopsis

The Name of the Rose, a novel by Umberto Eco, is a historical whodunnit — a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327. It is an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory. First published in Italian in 1980 under the title Il nome della rosa, it appeared in 1983 in an English translation by William Weaver.

Reviews

On Dec 23 2021, a reader said:
One of the best mystery novels of all time! It is set in the middle ages and as well as being a mystery it also dives into a lot of political, religious, and philosophical issues of the time. It offers amazing insights into everything that is happening there and a thrilling chase for a serial killer on who's killing anyone who gets their hands on one book, in a secluded benedictine abbey
On Jan 25 2007, Night clubangel said:
nice book.a evidence of deep in meanings and usefulness of the ideas stored throughout the pages

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Bookseller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
006897
Title
The Name of the Rose
Author
Eco, Umberto
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Plus
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First American Edition
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1983
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Weight
0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs
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Association Copy
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First Edition
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Foxed
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Inscribed
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Edges
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