Umberto Eco. Stated first U.S. edition. New York: Harcourt, 2002. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. No writing or markings found inside this well-preserved book, which is like new, 334 pp. Translated from Italian by Martin McLaughlin. Dust jacket design by Vaughn Andrews.
A superb, exceptionally well-preserved copy of Umberto Eco’s On Literature, a fascinating collection of essays and lectures from one of the twentieth century’s great literary minds.
Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin, this volume brings together Eco’s wide-ranging thoughts on literature, language, interpretation, authorship, and the enduring power of great books. His celebrated intellect and encyclopedic knowledge are on full display, making this an especially rewarding book for readers, writers, collectors, and students of literary criticism.
At Burning Tree Books, we have a particular affection for this book—not only because of Eco’s extraordinary literary intelligence, but because of the remarkable personal library he amassed during his lifetime. Eco was famously a passionate and voracious collector of books, and his library became a physical manifestation of the enormous range of his intellectual curiosity. For book collectors, there is something especially appealing about owning a book devoted to literature by a man who surrounded himself with books throughout his life.
A wonderful addition to a collection of Umberto Eco, literary criticism, Italian literature, modern first editions, or books about books.
