Commentaries Robert Graves (5 results)

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8vo, vi + 86pp. Original azure buckram in unbleached textured paper dustwrapper; open tear to lower corner towards spine reapired with archival tape. A charming copy in near-fine condition. First edition thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 96 pp., signed by both Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah. This edition of "The Rubaiyyat" by Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) is translated by British poet Robert Graves (1898-1985) and Omar Ali-Shah (1922-2005), a writer and leading expert on Naqshbandi Sufism. Their translation deviates from that of Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), who created the first and most famous translation of Khayyam's poetry, and both Graves and Ali-Shah are critical of Fitzgerald's translation and his (often erroneous) interpretation of the Farsi language. Although their translation was met with controversy, as it was supposedly based upon a twelfth-century manuscript that was never produced, Graves and Ali-Shah create a translation of Khayyam's poetry with more sensibility to how the poet may have intended it. Graves was a poet and writer himself, best known for his historical novel "I, Claudius" and numerous collections of poetry, and brings a poet's discernment to these ancient set of quatrains. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter black cloth with cream paper boards, gilt lettering on the spine, fore-edge rough cut, cream endpapers; octavo size (9.5" by 6.5"), pagination: [i-x] 1-86, one of 500 copies, this number 202, signed by Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah on the limitation page. In a slipcase covered in cream paper with a light salmon-coloured paper label with red and black ruled borders and title in red and black. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, and the interior is clean and bright; crisp and as new. The slipcase is near fine, strong and sturdy, clean, free of splits or tears to the seams; light overall soil and a hint of wear to one seam. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Stated 1st Edition. New more accurate translation from authenticated text. Nice bright tight copy in very good jacket. Scarce. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 86 pp, lemon endpapers, deckled fore-edge. Fine unmarked, in VeryGood+ price-clipped jacket in Brodart. Hardcover in white/black cloth boards, in white jacket.

First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original sky blue buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Folio. 13'' x 9½''. Produced in Switzerland on superior quality acid free paper. Contains 64 pp interspersed with 121 colour photographs, full-page map. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, not price clipped, 6 guineas. Scarce UK edition. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. GREECE (Ancient Greek).