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Eco, Umberto. Serendipities Language and Lunacy. Columbia University Press, New York, 1998.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Translated by William Weaver. Fine copy, boldly signed by the author on the title-page.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Eco, Umberto. Serendipities - Langauage and Lunacy (Signed). Columbia University, New York, 1998.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Quarter yellow cloth over paper-covered boards. 129 pp. First US printing of this extended essay on language. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. A fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by Eco and uncommon thus.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Description: A very handsome first edition/first printing, Contursi A43b, in Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Umberto Eco directly on the title page; In these five essays (originally lectures) Professor Eco reveals how serendipities - unanticipated truths - often spring from mistaken ideas. He explores the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. He uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history - such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is leading to his attempt to reach the Far East by sailing West Translated from the Italian by William Weaver; 8vo; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.