The Island Of The Day Before - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Eco, Umberto
1st US Edition; First Printing
Price: $110.00from: Books Tell You Why
- Seller Inventory #: 15996
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: As New in As New dust jacket
- Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0151001510
- ISBN 13: 9780151001514
- Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1995
- Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Historical Novel, Italian Adventure, Island, Love, Sea And Shipwreck Fiction
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. As New in As New dust jacket. 1995. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151001510 . First American Trade Edition, First Printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Contursi A037d. A very attractive copy ; Umberto Eco spins a romance of navigation and science as Italian nobleman Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked on a mysterious ship, fully stocked, but with no crew in a harbour through which, he convinces himself, runs the International Date Line. As he explores different cabinets in the hold, Roberto examines the great lessons of his youth, particularly those taught by an old Jesuit .