Eco, Umberto — IL Nome Della Rosa
Milano, Bompiani, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's first novel. 503pp. Red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine, map endpapers. A mystery set in an Italian monastery in the middle ages. 1981 winner of the Premio Strega; 1982 winner of the Prix Médicis étranger. #14 in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century. Basis for the 1986 Jean-Jacques Annaud movie featuring Sean Connery, Christian Slater and Ron Perlman. A touch of foxing to edges. A fine copy in very good+ price-clipped dustjacket with light foxing on the inside, and a tiny closed tear to the front panel. Contursi A021a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. .