Umberto Eco A Theory of Semiotics. Indiana University Press, 1976. Advances in Semiotics. First printing. 0253359554 ix/354 pages. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in brown cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. Previous owner's name appears at top edge of front flyleaf. Intact dust jacket displays stain to bottom of spine panel and to lower inside corner of rear panel, with closed tear at bottom of spine. Jacket is preserved in paper-backed mylar cover. "Umberto Eco's Chair is the first appointment in any university explicitly designated as a Professorship of Semiotics. In "A Theory of Semiotics," his latest major book-length treatment focusing on the general foundations that constitute the twin problems of the doctrine of signs -- communication and signification -- he demonstrates his comprehensive mastery of the field in its numerous ramifications, carrying the argument of his 1968 work, "La struttura assente" (as yet unpublished in English), much closer towards a logic of culture. He presents in his new work a highly original theory of sign production, including a carefully wrought typology of signs and of modes of production. His book illuminates, as well, one of his chief concerns, where do the political, epistemological, and natural boundaries of semiotics lie?" (Opening paragraph of dust jacket text) $45