Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald
by KHAYYÁM, Omar
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1930s-40s]. Hardcover. An attractive issuance of the famed poem by the Persian astonomer-poet, consisting of the first and fourth renderings into English by Edward FitzGerald. Includes color and black & white illustrations by Willy Pogány; the color illustrations are tipped onto the pale yellow leaves. With an introduction by George Saintsbury. --- In full gold cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt decorations and titling to cover and spine; top edge gilt. Volume wrapped in lustrous gold jacket. --- Undated, but possibly published c.1930s-40s. A group of people have signed their names in ink to the verso of title page, some pages improperly opened (leaving jagged edges) and with slight soiling to endpapers & covers; else a sound, firmly-bound copy. Price-clipped jacket with small tears and a little chafing to extremities; otherwise very bright and in removable archival mylar protector. Overall, an exceptional copy of this treasured work. ; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 173 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81980
- Title
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald
- Author
- KHAYYÁM, Omar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1930s-40s]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry;
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- Verso
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- Octavo
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