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	1	Blonsky, Marshall; Eco, Umberto (Appreciation by) American Mythologies Oxford and New York Oxford University Press 1992 0195050622 / 9780195050622 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible xxx, 517 pp., illus., index; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Price: 9.95 USD
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	2	Eco, Umberto; Bredin, Hugh (Translated by) Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages New Haven, CT Yale University Press 1986 0300042078 / 9780300042078 Trade Paperback Fine x, 131 pp., biblio., index; 22 cm. First published, 1959, under title: Sviluppo dell'estetica medievale, a single chapter of a four volume handbook on the history of aesthetics, written by various authors. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. An excellent, erudite book. "In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. / Umberto Eco is the author of many books, including The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, Experiences in Translation, and The Island of the Day Before." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The medieval aesthetic sensibility; Transcendental beauty; The aesthetics of proportion; The aesthetics of light; Symbol and allegory; Aesthetic perception; The aesthetics of the organism; Development and decline of the aesthetics of the organism; Theories of art; Inspiration and the status of art; Conclusion. Price: 14.95 USD
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	3	Eco, Umberto; Bredin, Hugh (Translated by) Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages New Haven, CT Yale University Press 1986 0300036760 / 9780300036763 First edition thus Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Collectible x, 131 pp., biblio., index; 23 cm. First published, 1959, under title: Sviluppo dell'estetica medievale, a single chapter of a four volume handbook on the history of aesthetics, written by various authors. Translated from the Italian. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with age-toned flaps, protected in a mylar book cover. An excellent, erudite book. "In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. / Umberto Eco is the author of many books, including The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum, Experiences in Translation, and The Island of the Day Before." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The medieval aesthetic sensibility; Transcendental beauty; The aesthetics of proportion; The aesthetics of light; Symbol and allegory; Aesthetic perception; The aesthetics of the organism; Development and decline of the aesthetics of the organism; Theories of art; Inspiration and the status of art; Conclusion. Price: 44.95 USD
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	4	Eco, Umberto, and Weaver, William (Translated by) Baudolino: A Novel New York Harcourt, Inc.; A Harvest Book 2003 0156029065 / 9780156029063 Trade Paperback Fine 527 pp.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story. Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts-a talent for learning languages and a skill in telling lies. When still a boy he meets a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander-who proves to be Emperor Frederick Barbarossa-adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends. Spurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a legendary priest-king said to rule over a vast kingdom in the East-a phantasmagorical land of strange creatures with eyes on their shoulders and mouths on their stomachs, of eunuchs, unicorns, and lovely maidens. With dazzling digressions, outrageous tricks, extraordinary feeling, and vicarious reflections on our postmodern age, this is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best. / Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the bestselling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Milan." - Publisher. Price: 6.95 USD
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	5	Eco, Umberto, and Kuspit, Donald B., and Baudrillard, Jean Enrico Baj: Il Giardino delle Delizie Milan Fabbri 1991 8845038602 / 9788845038600 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 119 pp., illus. (some col.); 32 cm. [Italian]. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Baj was founder of the nuclear art movement. Price: 99.95 USD
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	6	Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William (Translated by) Foucault's Pendulum New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book 1989 0151327653 / 9780151327652 First Trade Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible 641 pp., illus.; 24 cm. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Trade Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up 'the Plan,' a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled - a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault's Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth. Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semiotic adventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment. / UMBERTO ECO is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the bestselling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Milan." - Publisher. Price: 11.95 USD
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	7	Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William (Translated by) How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays New York Harcourt Brace & Company; A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book 1994 0151001367 / 9780151001361 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible vii, 248 pp., illus.; 20 cm. First published under title: Secondo diario minimo. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Includes an amusing essay, "How to Write an Introduction to an Art Catalogue." Price: 24.95 USD
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	8	Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William (Translated by) Island of the Day Before Harmondsworth Penguin Books 1996 0140259198 / 9780140259193 Trade Paperback Very Good 514 pp.; 22 cm. First published under title: Isola del giorno prima. Translated from the Italian. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Price: 3.95 USD
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	9	Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William (Translated by) The Island of the Day Before New York Harcourt Brace & Company; A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book 1995 0151001510 / 9780151001514 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible 515 pp.; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated "First U.S. Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessel's mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his era’s obsession with science and navigation." - Publisher. Price: 14.95 USD
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	10	Eco, Umberto; Brock, Geoffrey (Translated by) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana: An Illustrated Novel Orlando, FL Harcourt 2005 0151011400 / 9780151011407 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible 469 pp., col. illus.; 24 cm. Translation of: Misteriosa fiamma della Regina Loana. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory-he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, and remembers nothing about his parents or his childhood. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws to the family home somewhere in the hills between Milan and Turin.There, in the sprawling attic, he searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo relives the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run wild, and the life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novel. Yambo struggles through the frames to capture one simple, innocent image: that of his first love. A fascinating, abundant new novel-wide-ranging, nostalgic, funny, full of heart-from the incomparable Eco. / Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the bestselling author of numerous novels and essays. He lives in Milan." - Publisher. Price: 14.95 USD
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	11	Eco, Umberto, and Weaver, William (Translated by) The Name of the Rose New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Harvest 1994 0156001314 / 9780156001311 Reprint Trade Paperback Fine 536 pp., illus.; 21 cm. First published, 1980, under title: Nome della rosa. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. "It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville's investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths." - Publisher. Price: 7.95 USD
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	12	Eco, Umberto, and Weaver, William (Translated by) The Name of the Rose New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Harvest 1994 0156001314 / 9780156001311 25th printing Trade Paperback Very Good 536 pp., illus.; 21 cm. First published, 1980, under title: Nome della rosa. Translated from the Italian. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Another copy available. "It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville's investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths." - Publisher. Price: 6.95 USD
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