The Name of the Rose.

First edition of one of the best-selling books of all-time, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original cloth. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "to Ken & Dee Gros Louis, friendly, by Umberto Ecco Bloomington June 10, '83." The recipients, Kenneth and Dee Gros Louis, were people of scholarly proclivities like Eco: Kenneth was a university official and English professor at Indiana University Bloomington, later Vice President of the Bloomington campus from 1980 to 1988 and Vice President of Indiana University and Chancellor of the Bloomington campus from 1988 to 2001; his wife, Dee was a prominent feminist scholar. Eco was awarded an honorary doctorate at Indiana University Bloomington in 1992 during Kenneth Gros Louis' Vice Presidency. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration from a manuscript of the Apocalypse. An exceptional presentation inscription.