The Name of the Rose (signed first printing)

Eco, Umberto

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1983

About this Item

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego. 1983. 502 pages. First Edition stated, first printing. The First Edition statement is present with the letterline B C D E just beneath the words FIRST EDITION. SIGNED by Umberto Eco directly to the half-title page; signature only. Book is tight and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Copper colored boards are quarter bound with cream cloth binding. Book is essentially fine with only flaw being a faint trace of an erased pencil gift inscription on upper flyleaf, which is the page after the illustrated front free endpaper, prior to the half-title page. The original DJ includes publisher's $15.95 price intact on flap. DJ's only flaw is shelf-rubbing at crown edge; otherwise about fine. A most desirable, signed, first edition, first printing, of arguably the best mystery ever written. Near fine/VG+.

Seller Inventory # 003614

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Name of the Rose (signed first printing)
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego
• Publication Date: 1983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition
  • Signed by Author