Mathematician Cricket (2 results)

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. 9 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Saturday Books; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…
More imagesRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | The Saint George Series Number VI | Blanche MacManus Illustrated Edition. [Inscribed to Edgar Donald Reid Shearer]
Omar Khayyám (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. [Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald (31 March 1809 - 14 June 1883)]. Illustrated by Blanche MacManus (1869-1935) was an American writer and artist. [Edgar Donald Reid Shearer (6 June 1909 - 9 July 1999) was an amateur sportsman who played both association football and cricket at international levels].
Published by Published by Alexander Moring Ltd., The De La More Press, 32 George Street, Hanover Square, London | The Saint George Series | First Edition Thus . 1920., 1920
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Fine. First edition thus Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, Persian gilt design to the front cover, marble end papers, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Printed on hand made paper in publisher's leather binding. Rubáiyát over unnumbered pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Inscribed to E. D. R. Shearer, the great Irish sportsman 'To E. D. R. Shearer, + 4 line sonnet, W. E. Henley, from Ravensleigh, January 1927.' In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…