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Umberto Eco; illustrations by Eugenio Carmi; translated by William Weaver. The Bomb and the General [La bomba e il generale]. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st U.S. printing. Book appears unread, with small scrape to top corner of front endpaper (see photos). Unclipped ($12.95) dust jacket shows shows light edgewear. 'A general in a uniform covered with gold braid decides to make war and blow up the world.' 8-3/4 x 11". 40 unnumbered pages.

Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto & Eugenio Carmi. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: Fine in fine, faintly toned, price clipped dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, And Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$27.61 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

Seller: St Vincent de Paul of Lane County, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

ECO, Umberto and Eugenio Carmi. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1989.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First American edition. Illustrated by Eugenio Carmi. Slim quarto. Tiny bit of erasure on the front endleaves else fine in glazed pictorial boards and price-clipped, very good dust jacket with modest toning and wear, a tiny interior stain that doesn't show through, and one tiny tear.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

ECO, Umberto (story); CARMI, Eugenio (illustrations). The Bomb and The General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1989.

Price: US$33.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing. Quarto; illustrated boards; dustjacket; [37pp]; illus. Remainder mark to lower edge of text, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. A children's book, one of several collaborations between Eco and reknown illustrator Eugenio Carmi.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto & Carmi, Eugenio. THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

Price: US$34.80 + shipping

Description: THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Illustrated in full color by Eugenio Carmi.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

ECO, Umberto (and Eugenio Carmi). THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, N. Y., 1989.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Translated by William Weaver.

Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto and Eugenio Carmi. Translated by William Weaver.. The Bomb and the General.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989) First Edition,, 1989.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition stated at rear colophon. 8 3/4 X 11 inches, slick illustrated boards, (38 pages) Fine in Fine unclipped jacket. A children's book by the author of The Name of the Rose. A humorous tale of war and peace. When the general in uniform proposes to blow up the world, the atoms preferring to live in harmony steal out of the bombs by night and hide in the cellar.

Seller: The Bookstall, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto; Carmi, Eugenio and Weaver, W.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$45.48 + shipping

Description: UK stocked, available immediately. Hardcover, published by Martin Secker & Warburg in 1989. First edition. A name is neatly written inside, light rubbing and toning to the edges. The contents are bright and clean throughout, a very nice copy. Illustrated.

Seller: Westland Books, Wymondham, United Kingdom

ECO, Umberto & CARMI, Eugenio;. THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, New York, London, 1989.

Price: US$46.36 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Translated from The Italian by William Weaver. Small 4to. pp.39. Illustrated throughout. original laminated pictorial hardcover in pictorial dustwrapper. Near Fine.

Seller: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australia

Eco, Umberto, And Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$51.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, And Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$52.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, and Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$55.45 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Used

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto – Carmi, Eugenio. The bomb and the General.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego – New York – London, 1989.

Price: US$55.69 + shipping

Description: Frontespizio: Translated by William Weaver. In-8°, pp. 36 n.n. completamente ill. con diss. a col. di Carmi n.t. Cart. edit. bianca ill. con dis. a col. di Carmi, tit. nero al piatto e al ds., sovr. lucida bianca ill. con dis. a col. di Carmi, ritr. fot. b/n degli AA. al risvolto post. della sovr., tit. nero al piatto e al ds., sguardie su carta rossa. Minime ingialliture a bordopagina, strappetto al piatto post. della sovr.

Seller: Libreria La Fenice di Pietro Freggio, Brescia, BS, Italy

Eco, Umberto, and Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$69.04 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service

Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, and Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$69.40 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Prompt service guaranteed.

Seller: Grumpys Fine Books, Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, and Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$72.69 + shipping

Condition: New

Description:

Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, and Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$72.70 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

Seller: GoldBooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, and Eugenio Carmi.. The Bomb and the General. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$75.16 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, And Eugenio Carmi.. THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989)., 1989.

Price: US$80.94 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.06

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.

ECO, Umberto and Eugenio Carmi. [Juvenile] The Three Astronauts [I tre cosmonauti]. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1989.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: First Printing of the second installment in Eco's trilogy of children's books, also including The Bomb and the General and The Gnomes of Gnu Bompiani, all illustrated by Eugenio Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. Tall, slim 8vo: unpaginated, with 17 stunning full-page illustrations (watercolor and collage) by Carmi. Publisher's laminated full-color illustrated boards, spine stamped in black, French blue end papers, matching dust jacket priced $12,95. Virtually pristine (and apparently unread). Eco offers a lesson in tolerance, while introducing concepts of basic semiotics. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

Umberto Eco & Eugenio Carmi. The Bomb and the General FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

Price: US$107.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NOT EX-LIBRARY! STATED FIRST EDITION, 1989 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (ABCDE). This is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The book is NEAR FINE! The dj is not price-clipped. The dj has a few tiny tears and a little laminate lift. It looks SUPER under the fresh mylar cover that I've added.

Seller: Foster Books, Board of Directors FABA, Davie, FL, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto. The Bomb And The General - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1989.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First American edition/first printing, Contursi Aa02c. Pictorial paper-covered boards in Fine condition in alike pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by author Umberto Eco directly on the half title page; Eco's first of three children's books, this one covering war and peace. A general decides to make war and blow up the world. While he collects some atoms and puts them into bombs to prepare for for, the atoms disagree with the approach and prefer to live in harmony. Translated by William Weaver; 4to; [20] leaves pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

Eco, Umberto, Eugenio Carmi, illustrator. THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1989), San Diego, 1989.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: First U.S. edition. Children's book with illustrations by Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE on half-title page by Eco with the classic opening phrase, "Once upon a time." Short remainder line on bottom page edge, tucked up against spine, otherwise bright and fine in bright, fine dust jacket. ONCE UPON A TIME

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.