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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam (trans. Edward Fitzgerald)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Beautifully illustrated collection of translated Persian poetry. Part of the Doran series "The Golden Years of Childhood." Green cloth with black lettering on cover. Decorative endpapers. Contains 12 full-color illustrations.
Dust jacket is in poor condition, in three pieces & quite fragile. Text block is beginning to separate from binding at top of book. Minor edge wear on jacket. Fore edge of book is cocked. Interior is age tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked.
Dust jacket is in poor condition, in three pieces & quite fragile. Text block is beginning to separate from binding at top of book. Minor edge wear on jacket. Fore edge of book is cocked. Interior is age tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B6
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Omar Khayyam (trans. Edward Fitzgerald)
- Illustrator
- Edmund Dulac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Rubaiyat, Khayyam, Dulac
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated by Dulac; PWK Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PWK Books
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Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
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- Age Tanned
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