[INSCRIBED] [1ST ENG ED] The Gnomes of Gnu
First English language edition of Umberto Eco and Eugenio Carmi's adventure, published by Bompiani, Milan, in 1992. "[A] children's story to also make adults (and potentates) stop and think. Fairy-tale? Science fiction? Ecological warning? All of these but also a bit of reality." 4to, 36 pages, red-stamped off-white cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 17 full-page color illustrations by renowned Italian artist Eugenio Carmi, who has inscribed the book on the front free endpaper. Light bumping and rubbing to dj.
First English language edition of Umberto Eco and Eugenio Carmi's adventure, published by Bompiani, Milan, in 1992. "[A] children's story to also make adults (and potentates) stop and think. Fairy-tale? Science fiction? Ecological warning? All of these but also a bit of reality." 4to, 36 pages, red-stamped off-white cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 17 full-page color illustrations by renowned Italian artist Eugenio Carmi, who has inscribed the book on the front free endpaper. Light bumping and rubbing to dj.
First English language edition of Umberto Eco and Eugenio Carmi's adventure, published by Bompiani, Milan, in 1992. "[A] children's story to also make adults (and potentates) stop and think. Fairy-tale? Science fiction? Ecological warning? All of these but also a bit of reality." 4to, 36 pages, red-stamped off-white cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 17 full-page color illustrations by renowned Italian artist Eugenio Carmi, who has inscribed the book on the front free endpaper. Light bumping and rubbing to dj.
