Introduction laurence housman (39 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 187 pages. 6.25x4.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Housman, Laurence (illustratore).

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Red cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear. Light foxing on the edges, pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 187 pages. 6.25x4.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Housman, Laurence (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. Firmly bound, cream cloth boards, red cloth spine. Dust spotting on covers. No jacket.

Burgundy Soft Leather. Condizione: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). Condizione sovraccoperta: Boxed Good (BELOW AVERAGE). Not Dated. Gilt top edge.Contents Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE) , wear to spine.The box has the bottom edge missing.POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY).Please email for further details Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾". Illustrators Intials MRC (illustratore). Not Inscribed or Signed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Publisher's original terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles on black background to both spine and front board. 12 full page colour illustrations. Unclipped DJ. 1967 rep. Robert Stewart Sherriffs (illustratore).

Hard Cover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, Orange, black & white DJ with some Rub, wear & Several small Chips , Tears, pieces Extremities, 1948, Stated 1st Edition, 2nd Impression, F-/VG-, AS-IS, Brown lettering on tan cloth Cover light wear,light fading to spine of dust jacket, PC but Original Price Intact ,some rubbing to top of spine of dust jacket, to joints of spine of dust jacket, to tips and corners of dust jacket, dust soilin g to dust jacket and to book's top edge , Interior Nice tight clean light FoX, Wear, 189 pages.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. No date, c1930. 94pp, 4 tipped-in plates. (EX-LIBRARY copy with 3 'cancelled' stamps, 9 library stamps most of which are by upper corners of decorated page margins, one is on the title page and affects the 'of' in the title, another touches the upper corner of the second plate. Library reference on title verso.) Two light marks on pp 40 and 41. Hinges tender. Decorative Cloth Boards, Gilt, edge-worn with a heavily faded spine and a damp section at the upper rear corner. One of the tipped in plates creased at inner edge. Two quatrains to a page with decorative border. Following the introduction (pp11-23), the book contains the Introduction to the 1859 edition (pp27-42), and the Rubaiyat (pp45-94). Internally a most attractive edition of the Rubaiyat. Size: 4to. Charles Robinson (illustratore). Ex-Library.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Presumed First Edition Ths. No stated date c1935. Presumed first edition thus. 56pp., 4 two-tone full-page illustrations by Margaret Rorie Caird (1896-1961), an illustration on the title-page, illustration on the reverse of the half-title page, and border decorations to the text. All edges gilt. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubaiyat) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". FitzGerald's work has been published in several hundred editions and has inspired similar translation efforts in English, Hindi and in many other languages. The present edition includes an introduction by Laurence E. Housman. The book is bound in the original thin full leather boards with gold titling and design on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the leather on the corner tips and spine ends. The spine is faded and there is also some fading on up to about 2" of the spine edge and part of the top edge of the front board and to about 1" of the spine edge of the rear board. There is a thin split of about 3/8" to the leather on the top of the front spine edge. The contents are tight and clean and the original marker ribbon is present. There is an inscription dated June 1936 on the front free endpaper. Margaret R. Caird (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; bound in tan buckram covered boards with gilt titles and decorations. Some rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Interior is evenly toned throughout. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout by Margaret R. Caird. ; 8vo. 9 3/4"h x 6 3/4"w.

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original limp burgundy cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, Collins' end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 4½''. Contains 320 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original limp blue pebble cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, Collins' end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 4½''. Contains 320 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Early Edition. Undated Edition: 127 pages, illustrated with full page b/w drawings, no dust jacket. Gift inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. Omar Khayyám (1048 - 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4160. …

Condizione: Very Good. Margaret R. Caird illustrated edition in publisher's original flexible dark green leatherette covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 12mo. 6'' x 4''. Rubáiyát over 255 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 5 full-page single-sided illustrations by Margaret R. Caird throughout. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Margaret R. Caird illustrated edition in publisher's original flexible navy leatherette covers, gilt title lettering to the spine. 12mo. 6'' x 4''. Rubáiyát over 255 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 5 full-page single-sided illustrations by Margaret R. Caird throughout. In Very Good condition with rubbing to the spine ends. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Marjorie Anderson illustrated edition in publisher's original flexible terracotta leather covers, silver title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 12mo. 6¼'' x 4¼''. Rubáiyát over 127 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with full-page monochrome illustrations by Marjorie Anderson throughout. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Marjorie Anderson illustrated edition in publisher's original flexible blue leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 12mo. 6¼'' x 4¼''. Rubáiyát over 127 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with full-page monochrome illustrations by Marjorie Anderson throughout. Ink name inside and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Marjorie Anderson illustrated edition in publisher's original flexible blue leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 12mo. 6¼'' x 4¼''. Rubáiyát over 127 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with full-page monochrome illustrations by Marjorie Anderson throughout. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Marjorie Anderson illustrated edition in publisher's original hard back binding in burgundy leatherette covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 12mo. 6¼'' x 4¼''. Rubáiyát over 127 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with full-page monochrome illustrations by Marjorie Anderson throughout. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covers, gilt title and Persian design to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. The text of the first, second and fifth editions, with the textual variants from the third and fourth editions. Rubáiyát over 201 pages (+ 23pp) carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided colour illustrations by Robert Stewart Sherriffs throughout. Book plate inside. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper rubbing to the extremities which has been adhered to the book, price clipped. New dust wrapper design by Ian Harley. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original coral pink cloth covers, gilt and black title and author block lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. The text of the first, second and fifth editions, with the textual variants from the third and fourth editions. Rubáiyát over 201 pages (+ 23pp) carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided colour illustrations by Robert Stewart Sherriffs throughout. Paper clip rust mark to the top of the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original coral pink cloth covers, gilt and black title and author block lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. The text of the first, second and fifth editions, with the textual variants from the third and fourth editions. Rubáiyát over 201 pages (+ 23pp) carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided colour illustrations by Robert Stewart Sherriffs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with chips across the spine ends. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original coral pink cloth covers, gilt and black title and author block lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. The text of the first, second and fifth editions, with the textual variants from the third and fourth editions. Rubáiyát over 201 pages (+ 23pp) carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided colour illustrations by Robert Stewart Sherriffs throughout. Small ink marks and light foxing to the edges of the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with only minor rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus Margaret R. Caird illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, grey and white illustrated end papers. 12mo. 6'' x 4¼''. Rubáiyát over 255 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 5 full-page single-sided illustrations by Margaret R. Caird throughout. Ink name inside dated 1939. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the spine ends, not price clipped, 2/-. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Margaret R. Caird illustrated edition in publisher's original flexible navy leatherette covers, gilt title lettering to the spine. 12mo. 6'' x 4''. Rubáiyát over 255 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 5 full-page single-sided illustrations by Margaret R. Caird throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good slip case with light rubbing to the edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original coral pink cloth covers, gilt and black title and author block lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. The text of the first, second and fifth editions, with the textual variants from the third and fourth editions. Rubáiyát over 201 pages (+ 23pp) carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided colour illustrations by Robert Stewart Sherriffs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with only minor rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Fine. Marjorie Anderson illustrated edition hard back binding in publisher's original elaborately gilt stamped nutmeg leatherette covers. 12mo. 5¼'' x 4''. Rubáiyát over 127 pages carrying the 110 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with full-page monochrome illustrations by Marjorie Anderson throughout. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition, 8vo., pp.176, uncut, pictorial yellow paper-covered boards backed in yellow cloth, design and lettering in black, b/w pictorial title; foxing to edges and margins of boards, occasional foxing within, splash-mark to top-edges, slight splash-marking to spine, a very good copy.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. [6], 9-20pp, plates. Bound in half morocco and cloth, title in gilt to spine. Boards slightly warped from damp, with some light staining to covers. Some minor colour bleed from the cloth onto the edges of the endpapers, but the text and plates are generally quite bright and clean. Presentation copy from Wragg, with inscription to ffep, 'For Martin from Raggy (Christmas, Polperro 1944)'. A non-standard binding, presumably by the publishers for the author to give away. The pictures illustrate Jesus's cries from the cross, and "show a new departure in Wragg's art away from the realistic and towards the surreal" (Brook, 'Arthur Wragg', page 89) Size: 4to (Oblong). Wragg, Arthur (illustratore). Presentation Copy from Author.…