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The Original Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayaam: A New Translation With Critical Commentaries by Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah
by Omar Khayaam
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. Limited edition of 500 signed copies. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original papered boards and cloth spine housed within a cardboard slipcase. 24 cm. 86 pages. Robert Graves's attempt at a more literal, austere translation of the famous 12th century Persian poem. Graves worked from an "original" manuscript provided and annotated by the Sufi poet and scholar Omar Ali-Shah that was purportedly held within his family for over 800 years. This copy has been hand signed by Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah on the limitations page at the front of the book. A signed presentation slip from the publisher is also affixed to this page. The book is in near fine condition. No other ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. The tail of the book's spine is bumped. Light edge wear/bumping, toning to the slipcase. Scarce.
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- Title
- The Original Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayaam: A New Translation With Critical Commentaries by Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah
- Author
- Omar Khayaam
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition of 500 signed copies
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Naqshbandi Sufism Teacher Scholar Controversy Controversial Afghanistan 12th Century Persian Poem
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Palm Harbor, Florida
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Rare book dealer located in Tampa, Florida.
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- Tail
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