RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: THE FIRST AND FOURTH RENDERINGS IN ENGLISH VERSE
by Pogany, Willy (illustrations); Fitzgerald, Edward (translation)
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1930. First Revised American Trade Edition. A handsome edition of the Rubaiyat, exquisitely illustrated by Willy Pogany, with an introduction by George Saintsbury. Small quarto (25.75cm); full tan cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, and black and gold illustrated label mounted to front cover; top edge gilt; dustjacket; publisher's original decorative box; 171,[5]pp; with frontispiece and 11 tipped-in color plates, and 46 black and gold mounted illustrations by Pogany throughout the text. A fresh, Fine copy, with preliminary and terminal leaves uncut. Dustjacket has a nearly invisible razor-thin cut at upper rear panel, else Near Fine, without wear or fading. Publisher's box shows some trivial wear and dustiness to extremities, with lower half showing a corresponding razor-thin cut on verso; still quite sound, and very well preserved.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3496
- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: THE FIRST AND FOURTH RENDERINGS IN ENGLISH VERSE
- Author
- Pogany, Willy (illustrations); Fitzgerald, Edward (translation)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Revised American Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
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