Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by KHAYYAM, Omar; FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.); DULAC, Edmund (illus.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. Hardcover. Very good. DULAC, Edmund. Unpaginated. 28 cm. Early edition with 20 tipped-in colour plates. Beige cloth hardcover with gold impressing has gilt letters "BH" added to front cover. Slight soiling of rear board. Front pastedown has bookplate "Congratulations and Best Wishes, Betty" and opposite endpaper has bookplate for "Beecher Haggan" as well as name in ink. Foxing. Rear pastedown dated 1918 with added bookplate and ink lettering. While the boards show wear, the text and illustrations within remain bright and clear. A bit of discolouration to title page.
Dulac was a French book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration."
Dulac was a French book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration."
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105559
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- KHAYYAM, Omar; FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.); DULAC, Edmund (illus.)
- Illustrator
- DULAC, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Famous Illustrators, Edmund Dulac, Illustrated Books, Beecher Haggan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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