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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
de HALL, ISABEL HAWXHURST, Illustrator
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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New York: The Alice Harriman Company, 1911. First Edition with these plates. 304 x 237 mm. (12 x 9 3/8"). [18] leaves. Translated by Edward FitzGerald. Publisher's brown cloth, upper cover with printed illustration, smooth spine, top edge gilt, others plain. With cover illustration and 19 black & white plates by Isabel Hawxhurst Hall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR to her cousin, Dr. George Coopernail, on the front free endpaper. Potter 272; Paas 2474. ◆Corners and one top edge a bit bumped, small tear at tail of spine, just a whisper of offsetting internally, but these issues of no great consequence, and on the whole A FINE COPY of a book not easily kept this well preserved.
This is an exceptionally pleasing copy of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat illustrated by the young artist Isabel Hawxhurst Hall, with plates reproducing her original charcoal illustrations. Deeply influenced by Elihu Vedder's images of the Rubaiyat, Hall's work features similarly ethereal figures, darkly poignant compositions, and a style that shows a great interest in the effects of light and shadow; however, Hall's technique is looser than Vedder's, and her images more free-flowing, reflecting a personal aesthetic that seems far more mature than her age would seem to warrant (she was just 23 when she completed this suite of drawings). Hall (1887-1952) was a graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and was best known for her stained glass, which she produced for more than 25 years. The present work seems to be the only book Hall ever illustrated, and it is uncommon in the marketplace.
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- Librería
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- ST17640-123
- Título
- THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
- Autor
- HALL, ISABEL HAWXHURST, Illustrator
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition with these plates
- Editorial
- The Alice Harriman Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1911
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- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- ABAA-RBMS-2024
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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McMinnville, Oregon
Sobre Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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