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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia
by Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York/London: G. P. Punam's Sons, 1910. Ariel Booklet. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 x 5 1/2 in. iii, 105 pgs, plus adverts. Full scarlet morocco with gilt press and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Top of text block is gilt. Tissue-protected B&W frontis. No date given, but our researches make it 1910. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners very slightly bumped but not worn, edges not worn, covers very clean and fresh. Spine very slightly darkened. The frontis is partially detached, but endpapers glued down in such a way thet the binding is perfectly sound, and the copy entirely readable. Text very clean. Comes in a paper slip case, green with red 'The Ariel Booklets' and has wear and a dent, plue base seam is split, but it is all in one piece and useable. Poetry/Rubayyat. RGR.
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
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5132
- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
- Author
- Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ariel Booklet
- Publisher
- G. P. Punam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York/London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
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- G
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- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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