signed first edition
1997 · New York
by ECO, Umberto (essays); MCEWEN, Alastair (translation)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23cm); pale grey printed card wrappers; x,449,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Light wear, hint of sunning to spine, trivial dustiness to lower page edges ; Near Fine, with the publisher's publicity letter folded and laid in. A substantial collection of essays on language and cognition by the Italian author and semiotician. 86155. (Inventory #: 86155)