Opera Aperta

Milano: Bompiani. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition/first printing (1962 Casa Ed. Valentino Bompiani, Milano; Contursi A004a) with light peripheral leaf toning as usual, else Fine. White-stamped navy cloth in Nearly Fine condition, slightly soiled yellow matte dust-jacket. Publisher's blindstamp on title page as required. Inscribed and… Read more about this item

Milano: Bompiani. Fine. 1967. Second Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Second edition/first printing, revised and enlarged: "2a edizione riveduta e ampliata" on front cover, "II edizione" on copyright page, Delfini-Cultura, Contursi A004b. Unread Fine condition in original wrappers. Signed by author Umberto Eco on the title page. From the personal library of Eco bibliographer James Contursi. A… Read more about this item

Bompiani, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with jacket, text in Italian. First edition thus, Bompiani, 1962. Crack to interior of front hinge, but binding is still sound. Blue cloth boards with white titles, some wear at tip of spine. Prior owner's name at top of front end paper, small blindstamp on title page, otherwise text is unmarked. Some… Read more about this item

Milano: Bompiani, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Portico Critica e Saggi #38. Black cloth stamped in white on the front and the spine. Collects several essays many of which appeared previously in various publications. Mild toning to pages. A nice, near fine copy in very good stiff wrappers with toning to the spine panel and light shelf wear. In the… Read more about this item

Milano: Tascabili Bompiani. Fine. 1976. Softcover. Softcover edition not listed in Contursi. Unread Fine condition in pictorial wrappers. Bibliographical References. From the personal library of Eco bibliographer James Contursi; Eco's seminal, revolutionary work in the field of semiotics and critical theory, a collection of essays pre-dating his move toward semiotics. Opera Aperta (The Open Work) … Read more about this item