khayyám omar fitzgerald edward james (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. reprint. Cloth, dj, F/P. viii+136pp, colour frontis, 7 colour plates, cloth bright, dustjacket tatty with several stains & the loss of a third of the rear panel. Booksellers ticket of Thompsons Southen On Sea on the pastedown. One of the most popular poems in the English Language, The Rubáiyát is in fact a translation from a Persian original, written by the mathematician & astronomer Omar Khayyám [ 1048 1123 ]. 250 grams.

[Illustrated Metaphysical Poetry] ILLUSTRATED EDITION, a reprint thus, the tenth thousand. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.160. With 12 black and white photogravure illustrations after James, all with tissue guards. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles and navy decoration to spine and upper. Tope edge gilt. Moderate toning throughout, otherwise internally clean. Moderate general wear to cloth. Very good. Omar Khayyam was an astronomer and a poet in Persia, born at Naishapur in Khorassan in the middle of the eleventh century.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Gilbert James (illustrator). An illustrated copy of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of poetry by Omar Khayyam. A new edition, from the Photogravure Series. In quarter calf binding with gilt detail. With a monochrome frontispiece and eleven photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. Collated complete. A selection of quatrains by Omar Khayyam, a Khorasani mathematician, scientist, philosopher and poet. Translated into English from the original Persian by Edward Fitzgerald. With a short biography of Omar Khayyam. With the previous owner's gift inscription to the front free endpaper. In half calf binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the edges and rubbing to the spine. Fading to the spine, Marks to the boards. Marks to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, binding slightly strained towards the rear of the book but overall firm. Pages generally bright and clean with some light spotting and handling marks towards the front and rear of the book. Age-toning to the edges. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Gilbert James (illustrator). An illustrated edition of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of this poetical work; a part of the Photogravure Series. The eighth thousand of the illustrated edition of this work from the Photogravure Series, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated 1906.With a monochrome frontispiece and eleven photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. Collated, complete. A selection of quatrains by Omar Khayyam, a Khorasani mathematician, scientist, philosopher and poet. Translated into English from the original Persian by Edward Fitzgerald. With a short biography of Omar Khayyam. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, though somewhat worn, particularly to the spine. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned but clean. Frontispiece is detached but intact; it has been amateurly tipped in using tape. Very Good. book.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Gilbert James (illustrator). A lovely illustrated edition of the Rubaiyat, with photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' was the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his 1859 translation of Khayyam's poems. However, Fitzgerald's translations are fairly loose, he referred to his work on them as 'transmogrification'. Some consider that his translation of 'Rubaiyat' could be considered as Fitzgerald's own original poetry that are simply loosely based on Khayyam's quatrains.Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece, and twelve photogravure plates, after drawings by Gilbert James. Collated, complete.Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, born in the 2nd Century. He was famously known during his lifetime as a mathematician, and has only earned the reputation of a poet after his death. Of the poems attributed to him, some are doubtful in their authenticity, however he gained great popularity after Fitzgerald's translation was published. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the joints, raised bands, and extremities. A couple of small marks to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. Scarce volume of 14 drawings by Gilbert James, (1895-1926) British artist and illustrator whose illustrations for the Rubaiyat were first published separately, in black and white, mainly in the periodical 'The Sketch' (1896 - 1898). 4to, 62pp, printed errata slip (the publisher's permission to reprint the stanzas) included at p5, publisher's ads [2]. Printed on glossy paper. Publisher's gray gilt decorative cloth boards, with Art Nouveau inspired gilt illustrations on the boards & spine. A bit creased at upper spine end, slt. rubbed at bottom. Gently rubbed at spine ends, spine a little darkened, a small faded spot at rear board. An early clipped printed catalog description tipped onto the ffe; some pencil annotations at the contents page listing the issue in which each illustration appeared. Very clean and bright text block, the plates bright and without foxing. Potter 391. OCLC: 57414358.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Gilbert James; Alan Wright; Vernon Stokes; Thomas Maybank (illustrator). Six beautifully illustrated literary works from Routledge's Photogravure Series. Six works in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front boards.Ink inscription to the front free end paper of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', 'The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs' and 'Rosalynde'.A lovely collection of illustrated literary works from the Photogravure Series of George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Including favourites such as Edward Fitzgerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Washington Irving'sRural England, this selection offers a delightful mixture of poetry and prose.This collection comprises: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with twelve photogravures by Gilbert James (1904, first edition)The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs edited by W. S. W. Anson, with twelve colour plates by Alan Wright and Vernon Stokes (1905; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library)Rural England by Washington Irving, with five colour plates by Alan Wright and Vernon Stokes (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library)Faust: a Drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated by Anna Swanwick; with eight photogravures by Gilbert James (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the University of Cambridge Libraries)The Story of Patient Griselda: from the Clerk's tale of Geoffrey Chaucer, done into modern English with a few notes by Walter William Skeat; with eight photogravures by Gilbert James (1906; undated, dated from copies held at the University of Manchester Libraries)Rosalynde: A Novel by Thomas Lodge, with eight photogravures by Thomas Maybank (1907; undated, dated from copies held at the British Library) Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light shelf wear, more so to 'Patient Griselda' and the 'Christmas Book'. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages, and offsetting to the end papers. Four of the plates to the 'Christmas Book' are coming loose but remain intact. Very Good. book.

Half Morocco. Zustand: Near Fine. James, Gilbert (illustrator). 160 pp. Half scarlet morocco over red boards, with raised bands, elaborate gilt-stamped decoration and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Beautifully bound by Riviere; minor wear to corners and one or two light marks to boards - generally clean and bright. Minor spots to prelims, thereafter pages yellowed but clean. With 12 black & white photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. A very attractive copy. 8vo.