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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald (Trans.) / Willy Pogany (Illust.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: William Godwin Inc, 1933. 1st Edition Thus . Good Plus. 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm). Black cloth binding. Upper and lower board edges worn through. Light browning to pages, clean text throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Eight colour plates. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: lxxv
Synopsis
he Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry - and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1189O002
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald (Trans.) / Willy Pogany (Illust.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Godwin Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm)
- Keywords
- , Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Illustrated;
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Tarrington Books
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Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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