Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Edward Fitzgerald
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good in Protector
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Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: George G Harrap, 1949. A very nice copy but the dj has some issues with a 3" part of the spine and a 1" V shape peice missing from the top front fep has a gift inscription . Four charming B&W illustrations.. First Thus ?. Hard Back. Very Good/Good in Protector. Illus. by Ills By Stephen Gooden . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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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- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004068
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Edward Fitzgerald
- Illustrator
- Ills By Stephen Gooden
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good in Protector
- Edition
- First Thus ?
- Publisher
- George G Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Poem of Persia, Persian Story,
- Bookseller catalogs
- China, India & the Far East; Poetry;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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