ECO, Umberto (1932-2016). A group of 7 FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED, comprising:
1) Il nome della rosa. Milan: Bompiani, [1980]. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt; pictorial endpapers; spotting to endpapers; text lightly toned; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Contursi A021.
2) Foucault's Pendulum. San Diego, etc.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1989]. First American trade edition. Thick 8vo. Publisher's quarter black cloth over black paper-covered boards, stamped in silver; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Signed by Eco on half-title, additionally signed by translator William Weaver on title-page. Contursi A027d.
3) The Island of the Day Before. New York, etc.: Harcourt Brace & Company, [1995]. First American trade edition. 8vo. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; foxing to text block edges; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Signed by Eco on title-page. Contursi A037d.
4) Baudolino. New York, etc.: Harcourt, Inc., [2002]. First American edition. 8vo. Publisher's turquoise paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Signed by Eco on title-page. Contursi A046c.
5) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
London: Secker & Warburg, [2005]. First English edition. 8vo. Publisher's red paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Signed by Eco on title-page. Contursi A053c.
6) The Prague Cemetery. London: Harvill Secker, [2011]. First English edition. 8vo. Publisher's black paper-covered boards, stamped in silver; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Signed by Eco on title-page.
7) Numero Zero. London: Harvill Secker, [2015]. First English edition. 8vo. Publisher's red paper-covered boards, stamped in black; in publisher's unclipped dust-jacket. Signed by Eco on title-page.
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