ECO, Umberto (1935-2016). A pair of titles, including:

T...

The Name of the Rose. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, [1983]. 8vo. Original cream cloth-backed boards, front board and spine stamped in copper (spine rubbed and creased, gutter facing title-page starting); original dust jacket (light rubbing to jacket, jacket reinforced with tape on verso at margins). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Postscript to The Name of the Rose. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, [1984]. 8vo. Illustrated. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (minor rubbing to binding); original price-clipped dust jacket (some rubbing, soiling). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED BY ECO ON THE TITLE-PAGE.

The basis of the 1986 film starring Sean Connery and F. Murray Abraham, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud; Connery won a BAFTA for Best Actor.