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The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam
by Fitzgerald Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Cedar Creek, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Weathervane Books. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 285x220x16mm. DULAC, EDMUND. 285x220x16mm+925g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . Weathervane Books. . . . . . Unpaginated. hard cream cloth boards with elaborate gold decoration to front board and gold lettering to front and spine. In original dust jacket unclipped. This is a facsimile edition with 24 full colour plates by Edmund Dulac: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$35.40 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$59.40 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$66.20 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$16.80
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
- Mammy Bears Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mbb005037
- Title
- The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Fitzgerald Edward
- Illustrator
- DULAC, EDMUND
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Weathervane Books
- Size
- 285x220x16mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY; Classics; Illustrated Fiction;
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About the Seller
Mammy Bears Books
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Cedar Creek, Queensland
About Mammy Bears Books
MammyBearsBooks is a small internet only book store located in the Scenic Rim near Brisbane Australia. We have a broad, general range specialising in Vintage Children's Books and Australiana, along with a selection of Antiquarian books. Our aim is to provide one hundred per cent satisfaction with your purchase and we are happy to answer emails or phone calls about our stock. Friendly service is assured at all times :)
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