Eco, Umberto — Baudolino

New York, Harcourt, 2002. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade in this stated First U.S. Edition. Nice-looking copy inside and out, no discernible wear thereto, bright and shiny dust jacket, no discernible wear thereto. Translated from the original true First Edition in Italian by William Weaver, and with Harcourt's "A" in "number" line. Imperial octavo hardcover format, measuring 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" tall and wide, respectively. A profoundly rewarding novel of Byzantine Empire Constantinople. The author was a Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna until his passing, and was an inveterate book collector, life-long. 521 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,