Kar hamzeh abd ullah illustrator (3 risultati)

Leather Binding. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in full black imitation leather, spine stamped gilt and dark red, upper cover stamped blind, red and green, red-brown endpapers, top edges stained red-brown, foredges untrimmed (slight wear). [ca. 125] pages + plates (unpaginated). Includes the text of the first and fourth editions of the familiar translation, plus FitzGerald's introductory essay ('Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia'); and an introductory note and comment by Edward Heron-Allen. Notable in particular for the tipped-in color plates. Kar, Hamzeh Abd-Ullah (illustrator); 9 Color Illustrations / Plates. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. A "rare & beautifully executed" edition from the Illustrated Editions Company of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's classic love poem, with all the quatrains in the correct sequence, brilliantly illustrated with tipped-in color plates by artist Hamzeh Abd-ullah Kar, which demonstrate an Eastern tone not found in previous editions by Western artists. Unpaginated. Contains both the First & Last Versions, + a brief bio of the astronomer-poet by Fitzgerald. With pebbled black cloth-covered boards decorated & lettered in red & gilt to front & spine, this small quarto (8.25" x 11") is in Near Fine: exceptionally clean, binding straight & strong, hinges secure, vellum-like pages are creamy vanilla colored & completely unmarked save for gift inscription in a flourish of pen inside front cover. Tiny smudge noted on one page. Front board shows a 1" white streak of unknown origin & gilt has largely faded from front & spine. Corners crisp. No DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Kar, Hamzeh Abd-ullah (illustratore).…

First Edition. [Illustrated Poetry] FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto (27 x 21cm), unpaginated. Publisher's black leather-effect cloth lettered and illustrated in green and red to front board, red title label to spine, green illustration to spine. Untrimmed edges. Nine mounted coloured plates including a frontispiece. Some wearing to green lettering and illustration. Near fine. 'Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, / Before we too into Dust descend.' Polymath poet, philosopher, and scientist, Khayyam was one of the greatest minds of the Islamic Golden Age, whose enduring presence in the Anglophone world was cemented by the translations of FitzGerald.…