Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam (trans. Edward Fitzgerald)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins Fitzgerald translation of the famous poem in Collins' "Greetings Booklets" series. Red faux leather covers with silver lettering on upper cover and spine, 127pp with nine full-page b/w illustrations inc frontis. ND. Covers have light general wear and bumping to extrems, a few light marks and faded spine lettering. Binding cracked either side of frontis, but repaired with invisibl;e (?) tape, otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:114705. Reprint. Faux Leather. G+/N/a. Illus. by Marjorie Anderson. 10.5x15.5cm.
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
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004705
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Omar Khayyam (trans. Edward Fitzgerald)
- Illustrator
- Marjorie Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 10.5x15.5cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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