Omar Rubaiyat

Omar Khayyam; translated by Edward FitzGerald; edited by George F. Maine; intro by Laurence Housman: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (followed by) "Euphranor": A Dialogue on Youth & "Salaman and Absal": An Allegory Translated from the Persian of Jami, London Collins 1964
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-----Bound in red leather, gilt on spine, headband, gilt top edge, 320 pages with frontis, with attached red silk book marker, former owners name plate and small inscription, Slip-Case is in Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear. Contents include: Edward FitzGerald / Introduction by Laurence Housman / Edward FitzGerald by G. F. Maine / Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald / First Edition of Rubaiyat, 1859 / Second Edition of Rubaiyat, 1868 / Fifth Edition of Rubaiyat, 1889 / Variations in Texts / Comparative Table of Quatrains / Notes to Second Edtion / Index to First Lines / Glossary / Euphranor, A Dialogue on Youth. with appendix / Translations of Greek and Latin excerpts by Philip Drew B.A. / Salaman and Absil, An Allegory, with appendix / Bibliography. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo Reprint Hard Cover in Slipcase 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

[SW: Omar Khayyam; translated by Edward FitzGerald; edited by George F. Maine; intro by Laurence Housman, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (followed by) "Euphranor": A Dialogue on Youth & "Salaman and Absal": An Allegory Translated from the Persian of Jami , -----Bound in red leather, gilt on spine, headband, gilt top edge, 320 pages, with attached red silk book marker, former owners name plate and small inscription, Slip-Case is in Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear. Contents include: Edward FitzGerald / Introduction by Laurence Housman / Edward FitzGerald by G. F. Maine / Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald / First Edition of Rubaiyat, 1859 / Second Edition of Rubaiyat, 1868 / Fifth Edition of Rubaiyat, 1889 / Variations in Texts / Comparative Table of Quatrains / Notes to Second Edtion / Index to First Lines / Glossary / Euphranor, A Dialogue on Youth. with appendix / Translations of Greek and Latin excerpts by Philip Drew B.A. / Salaman and Absil, An Allegory, with appendix / Bibliography. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock Photo]

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Fitzgerald, Edward. (Translator.): Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London. Collins 1971 ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed.
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A VERY NICE COPY. Edited by George F. Maine. Introduction by Laurence Housman. Beautiful colour full-page illustrations. Small Qto. 224pp. Fine dark blue faux leather lettered and decorated in gilt on deep red background, all 3 edges gilt, blue ribbon marker; binding crisp, square and tight; lacks front free endpaper else internally fine. [Includes: essay on Edward Fitzgerald by G. F. Maine; first edition of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1859; second edition of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1868; fifth edition of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1889; variations in text; comparative Table of Quatrains; Notes to second edition; index to first lines of Quatrains; glossary.] Reprint. Hardcover Book; Reprint.

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Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald / Illustrations by Georges Popoff: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Fifth and first versions with illustrations by Georges Popoff.

Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald / Illustrations by Georges Popoff. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. [Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Fifth and first versions with illustrations by Georges Popoff. Jan Förlag. Stockholm 1948. 104 (1) S. mit Schwarzweiß-Zeichnungen im Text plus 9 farbige ganzseitige Tafeln. Illustrierter Original-Pappband mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel nebst Original-Pappschuber. Schuber und Buchrücken (leicht) nachgedunkelt. Innen von sehr guter Erhaltung. Ungelesen!

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Edited By George F. Maine. Rendered Into English Verse By Edward FitzGerald: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London England Collins 1967

Robert Stewart Sherriffs Cloth Very Good/Poor Khorasan Edited Reprint 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Hadrback Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Very slightly sunned top and bottom edge of cloth. Wear and tear to D/J. Piece of D/J missing from top edge of back D/J. There are many edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Some are prose translations which faithfully mirror the thought and imagery of the original, others are in verse of varying degrees of excellence, but none has won such universal favour as that best loved of all renderings by Edward Fitzgerald, 1809-83. This book contains the First, Second, and Fifth Editions in full, together with the textual variants in the Third and Fourth Editions, thus providing the reader with a complete rendition of FitzGerald's work on The Rubaiyat, over a period of more than twenty-five years. There are, in addition, a general Introduction by Laurence Housman, an essay on FitzGerald by G. F. Main, FitzGerald's essay on Omar, the Notes to the Second Edition, which contains the largest number of quatrains (110) and a Glossary. The illustrations, of which there are twelve, were specially drawn for this edition by Robert Stewart Sherriffs. IContents: Introduction by Laurnece Housman. Edward FitzGerald by G. F. Maine. Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald. First Edition of Rubaiyat 1859. Second Edition of Rubaiyat 1868. Fifth Edition of Rubaiyat 1889. Variations in Texts. Comparative Table of Quatrains. Notes to Second Edition. Glossary. Index to First Lines of Quatrains. Illustrated. 224 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.)

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