Umberto Eco ~ THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE ~ 1st Ed ~ SIGNED ~ Brand New + Bonus

Description: Umberto Eco. THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE. Translated by William Weaver. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. Stated First American Edition. 9.5” x 6.25”, 513 pages. Inscribed with his distinctive script and dated by the author not on a bookplate but directly on half-title page. Brand new Hardcover, quarter bound boards with cloth gold-lettered spine. In brand new dust jacket, not price clipped, conserved in archival quality, acid-free clear protective cover. In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a beautiful island in the South Pacific. As he explores the vessel's mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth. In this fascinating tale, Umberto Eco tells of an international race to fathom the mystery of longitude, of a young dreamer searching for love and meaning, and of a most amazing old Jesuit who has plumbed the secrets of longitude, the moons of Jupiter, and the Flood. The book is in bright, spotless, new condition, with tight binding, unmarked and unread. FREE BONUS: ADVANCE READING COPY OF THIS BOOK (UNCORRECTED PROOF) As a gift to you (but with a slight increase in postage), we are enclosing a second volume, an Advance Reading Copy of this title. An Advance Reading/Review Copy (ARC) is a pre-publication version of a book released by a publisher to certain significant people in the media industry (top booksellers, reviewers, movie producers or celebrities) to improve or to create “buzz” about a book before its public release. This advance edition, also called an uncorrected proof, may differ somewhat from the final version because of changes suggested by advance readers. It is normally printed with a soft cover. Especially for works by popular authors, the ARC is a rich world – collectible and in high demand. Book collectors love First Editions. Primacy is everything. But if the number of First Edition copies is limited, an ARC is much more scarce. Here is a book only a step or two from the author's original transcript, the earliest form of the book to reach anyone (a select few) outside of the publishing house. For the keen collector, an ARC clearly enjoys a certain priority over other editions. It predates the First Edition by many months. And with the advance of digital review copies, ARCs will become scarcer and more eagerly desired than ever. ARCs are often difficult to find in good shape. Ours is mint (see pictures). Thank you for shopping with us.

Price: 155 USD

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

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