Umberto Eco is an Italian novelist, essayist, philosopher, literary critic. He is best known for his groundbreaking 1980 historical mystery novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.

Description: SIGNED by UMBERTO ECO on the title page. First printing of the firsy US edition. Price-clipped dust jacket shows light wear to its edges. Book shows minor foxing to the top edge of its text block, some light bumping to the corners of its boards, and other very minor shelfwear. Interior pages are clean with no writing or similar marks. Binding sound. RARE!”

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The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco

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