Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Khayyam, Omar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dulac, Edmund. A collection of poems attributed to Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald and beautifully illustrated by noted illustrator Edmund Dulac. A SCARCE copy with original slipcover. Book itself is in near mint condition with boards retaining their gold, green, and red coloring. Pages, decorative endpapers, and full-color plates are all in excellent condition with no writing, marks, underling, or bookplates. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. Slip case definitely shows some wear, mainly to the back and edges with some peeling and discoloration, but it remains intact with the cover illustration undamaged and colorful. This highly collectible, near fine, copy is protected with an archival mylar cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Synopsis
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day.
Reviews
On May 16 2016, a reader said:
With Paintings and Decorations by Sarkis Katchadourian, born in Iran, where he recreated romantic frescoes in old palaces, he then trained in Rome, continued in Paris and then later in Munich. It is really fitting that this cosmopolitan artist's original paintings reproduced in bright colors and the black and white line drawings take you there celebrate under a bough with a book of verse and flask of wine you are magically drawn in and there drinking in the words of the poet.... drunk on the verse.
On Sep 11 2011, WonderPony said:
Fantastic poetry from 11th century Persia as translated by a depressed Englishman going through a divorce in 1859. The first translation is by far the best but it is interesting to get several of them and compare. I'm not a huge poetry fan but I love the simplicity, imagery and strange allegories Omar Khayyam writes about. He was apparently a big fan of the wine.
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- rarefirstscom
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000283
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar
- Illustrator
- Dulac, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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