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Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "An enthralling mystery, a breathtaking rollercoaster ride through a world of ideas and aberrations, an adventure into the modern mind," says the publisher's blurb. SIGNED by the author at title page, compared to the true First English Edition, published in limited fashion by the Franklin Library, the signature here being compared favorably to that signature. Umberto Eco (1932-2016) was an Italian medievalist, bibliopole, philosopher, essayist, semiotician, novelist and cultural ambassador and a critic on a range of issues. Best known for 1980's The Name of the Rose, an execrable film but a fine historical mystery that combined formal semiotics in fiction and biblical analysis, poison applied ingeniously and medieval studies, literary theory and Sean Connery's Scottish brogue. Translated from the original Italian by William Weaver. Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel, touches on similar themes. It's superb, it's cerebral, it's wildly entertaining and involves several literary editors but who fabricate a hoax, a conspiracy theory that takes on the Templar Knights, Stonehenge, the Hebrew Cabbala, and Brazilian takes on Haitian Vodoun religion. And then stuff comes true! Near Fine condition in an Imperial octavo hardcover format, specifically clean, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. 641 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Umberto Eco. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: author signed & inscribed (to Robert) vg/vg or better US BOOK CLUB edition hardcover in mylar protected dust jacket. minor exterior soiling to page ends, general appearance of light usage, o/w; no marks, not remaindered, not exlib, fiction hardcover. Language: eng
Seller: R & B Diversions LLC, Stratford, WI, U.S.A.
Umberto Eco. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (stated)/ First Printing (A B C D E) of author's second novel. Signed by the author on the half title page. Hardcover is in fine condition with no ownership markings to the inside. Vibrant, unclipped dust jacket has no tear or chips, just a wrinkle at the foot of spine and some light rubbing, A highly collectible copy.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Eco, Umberto. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. Signed by Eco across first blank page preceding half title page. First printing of first trade edition. Jacket is near fine. Book shows some foxing to text block and minor sticker residue from previous seller on front pasted endpaper. Overall, an incredibly bright and attractive copy. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
Seller: Open Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Eco, Umberto. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of this classic work from Eco, and signed by him on the half title page. Near fine with some concavity to spine and soiling to bottom edge of text block in like jacket with mild wear. Former owner's name blacked out on ffep, else clean internally.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Umberto Eco. Foucault's Pendulum. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is the First Trade Edition of this title with a complete letter line, A-E ( A Signed Franklin Library edition was privately printed). The author signed this 641 page volume with black boards and gray lettering on the spine and a stamped front board on the title page. Laid in is a book mark and promotional item for a joint reading of Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie in Rochester, New York. This volume light soiling to the edges, but is otherwise without marks internally or externally. The dust jacket has a small crease at the lower left corner of the rear flap, but has no rips, tears or other damage. The dust jacket is currently protected by a clear removable cover. The text for this volume was translated by William Weaver.
Seller: Before Your Quiet Eyes, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Eco, Umberto. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Flat signature. First edition. Book has some shelf wear. Pages are a little wavy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Eco, Umberto. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York, 1989.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by the author on the half title page. No inscription or other markings. First Trade Edition - ABCDE.
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.
Umberto Eco. Foucault's Pendulum (Signed). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1989.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A NF book in a NF dust jacket. First Edition (stated)/ First Printing (A B C D E) of acclaimed author's second novel. A fantastic story. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book has a light, diagonal crease that runs through the first 15-20 (it is not pronounced but is clearly there) else book is clean, unmarked, tight and square. Mylar protected jacket is price clipped else bright and clean with no markings or tears. A solid, likely unread, highly collectible copy over all. This title signed is becoming rare and scarce.
Seller: A Boy Named Crow, Van Nuys, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First trade edition in English. A presentation copy with brief signed inscription by Eco to Tor Books senior editor David G. Hartwell on the title page. Strand price sticker on front paste-down. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#158694)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
ECO, Umberto. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1989.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original cloth in dust jacket. Top edge dust. Inscribed over the full title page by Eco: "Per Elena e Tommaso.printed title: Foucault's Pendulum.da Humbert.Umberto Eco, Paris-NY, 1909-1991."
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Umberto Eco. [Inscribed] Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York, 1989.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American trade edition first printing (ABCDE) of Umberto Eco s second novel, published by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich in 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed by Eco on the half-title page. Minor soiling to bottom edge of textblock, otherwise NF in NF dj.
Seller: Weinberg Modern Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Umberto Eco. Foucault's Pendulum. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition (first US trade edition). Inscribed on the half-title page: "To Michael Kandell / from / Umberto." A fine copy in the unclipped dust jacket. The recipient is most likely the noted translator, Michael Kandel, who had been associated with Harcourt and was a copyeditor of English translations of some of Eco's manuscripts. An outstanding copy.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
ECO, Umberto.. Foucault's Pendulum.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1989.
Price: US$435.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First U.S. trade edition / First printing. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. 641 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
ECO, Umberto.. Foucault's Pendulum. FLAT-SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO HALF-TITLE.. , 1989.
Price: US$450.20 + shipping
Description: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich. First US Edition, 1989. DW. FLAT-SIGNED by author to half-title. A very clean and fresh copy in wrapper.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom