rubaiyát translated english de omar khayyám fitzgerald edward translated (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. This reproduction is made from the copy of the First Edition in the British Museum. [4], xiii, [1], 21pp, printed on laid paper, with upper/lower deckled page edges, bound in half Japanese vellum and paper over boards, binding and hinges tight. Covers age toned with light corner wear, interior shows occasional light foxing, with an ink stamped "30 MR 59" on the verso of the last page.

Hardcover. Etat : Used-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Color Illustrations (illustrateur). New York City: Dodge Publishing Co. Used-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1912. Hardcover. 28 color photograph plates with all glassine tissue guards . Sm 4to., Former owner's inscription .

16mo. 5.5 x 4.5 inches. Unpaginated. [32] pp. title page in blue and black. In green patterned stiff card wrapper with red titles. Some wear to edges, including head and tail of spine, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 4 wood engravings in main text. Decorated by half title, title page and tailpiece engraved vignettes, and by publisher's device on verso of title. Pictorial wood engraved endpapers on blue patterned background. The Rubaiyat is based on the paraphrased translation from the Persian of Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), poet, tentmaker and astronomer made by Edward Fitzgerald. (1809-83). Attractive small copy illustrated by George Buday, Hungarian born artist and printmaker, who emigrated to Britain in 1937 (Art UK website). ILLUSTRATED WOODCUTS POETRY ASIA ILLUSTRATED 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Peacock edition published circa 1911 (no date in book). Signed by A. C. Benson (1862-1925), Fellow of Magdalene College of Cambridge at the end of his preface. Some slight foxing throughout the book. Beige / gilt leather cover has some slight shelf wear. Beautiful grape image end papers. Illustrations by Sangorski and Sutcliffe are stunningly magnificent. They appear to have gold foil on many of them, but they are printed color lithographs; no foil. Not sure how they achieved that effect. Unpaginated. This is not the edition that was numbered and signed by the illustrators, but it is still a highly sought after and collectible version. Top of pages are gilt. One tiny (2-3 cm) split at the spine. Also there is a gift inscription in ink dated 1929 on the first blank page. BEAUTIFUL! (BR) Shelf 69.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Limited Edition. London: Folio Society, 2009, Numbered Limited Edition SIGNED by Niroot Puttapipat. Folio Society sesquicentennial hand bound quarter vellum edition, spine blocked in 22-carat gold, vellum corner tips, front board blocked in three shades of foil with a design by Niroot Puttapipat, Merida Persian blue paper sides, top edge gilt, wide navy ribbon marker. Hand printed under the artist s supervision by the Pauper s Press, Hoxton, London. Folio Society facsimile limited to 1,000 numbered copies, limitation page and end sheets printed letterpress by the Logan Press. Hand written number 211 of 1000 Limited Edition copies with a new etching hand-printed, SIGNED and numbered by the artist 'Niroot Puttapipat'. With 16 mounted colour plates with gold borders and highlights and tipped into decorative anthropomorphic silhouette border designs. Quatrains set in 24-point Caslon. Presented in a navy cloth bound solander box with original white tissue paper present. 220pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 14 inches tall (slipcase), 13 inches tall (book). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition pictorial decoration to the front board. Page edges very good condition gilt top edge, others untrimmed. Slipcase very good condition minor marks, gilt titles. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition. End papers very good condition. Title very good condition unread. Pages very good condition unread. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2009 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).