THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL; THE THREE ASTRONAUTS; THE GNOMES OF GNÙ

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1992 · San Diego; Milan [Gnomes]

by Eco, Umberto; Carmi, Eugenio
San Diego; Milan [Gnomes]: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Bompiani [Gnomes], 1992. Fine.. First US editions of three philosophical children's books by Umberto Eco, each signed by him. In THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL, the atoms that fuel a belligerent general's atomic bomb go on strike, demoting the general to a doorman in order "to make use of his uniform with all the braid." In THE THREE ASTRONAUTS, rival astronauts from the United States, Russia, and China find common ground on Mars, where they overcome their prejudices and befriend a Martian they had intended to kill. In THE GNOMES OF GNÙ, a space explorer attempts to bring civilization to the planet of Gnù, (truncated)
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