FOLIO SOCIETY: The Name of the Rose 2024 by Umberto Eco, London, UK, Illustrated by Neal Packer, 1st printing, 2001
VERY GOOD+ condition — SLIPCASE: Snug fit. Very minor shelf rubbing, primarily bottom. BOARDS: Excellent condition. BOOK: Excellent condition. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.
Here on offer is a very fine collector's edition of Umberto Eco's award-winning novel, "The Name of the Rose", which has sold over 50 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling books ever published. This edition was published by The Folio Society, London, UK in 2001. This copy is a 1st printing completed at St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmonds, UK and bound at Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh, UK.
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"The Folio Society is a privately owned London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations (most often in fiction titles) or researched artworks and photographs (in non-fiction titles). Most editions come with their own slipcase."
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" 'The Name of the Rose' . . . is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. It was translated into English by William Weaver in 1983.
The novel has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling books ever published. It has received many international awards and accolades, such as the Strega Prize in 1981 and Prix Medicis Étranger in 1982, and was ranked 14th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century list. ...
A film adaptation, eponymously titled 'The Name of the Rose' (1986), was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and starred Sean Connery as William of Baskerville and Christian Slater as Adso."
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"The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective.
William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the cover of night. A spectacular popular and critical success, The Name of the Rose is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages.
‘Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict 2024, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it' --- Sunday Times
The above text was taken from, respectively, Wikipedia and Random House publishers (via Google Books).
[Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. United Kingdom: Random House, 2012.]
This handsome work would be a worthy addendum to your collectible books library.