Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam - very nice binding
by Omar Khayyam
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good/no dj as issued
- Seller
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Crowell Co, 1910. bound in full morocco, elaborately decorated with arabesque designs. very good/no dj as issued. Will Pogany. Thomas Crowell Co., ca. 1910. [108] pp. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated with 16 full color plates and decorative head, tail, and borders on every page by Willy Pogány. 22x15 cm (8¾x6"), bound in full morocco, elaborately decorated with arabesque designs tooled in gilt, lettering on spine in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges deckled.
An elaborately illustrated and bound edition of Fitzgerald's translations of 75 quatrains by Omar Khayyam; a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. Previous owner left some penciled notes including a different translation of one of the poems, as well leaving a poem 'Ode to Omar Khayyam' by Charles Hamilton Musgrove mounted to rear endpaper.
Slight wear along front joint, some small scuffs spine and extremities, gilt edge a bit faded; hinges a touch tender, faint marginal toning to textblock; very good or better.
An elaborately illustrated and bound edition of Fitzgerald's translations of 75 quatrains by Omar Khayyam; a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. Previous owner left some penciled notes including a different translation of one of the poems, as well leaving a poem 'Ode to Omar Khayyam' by Charles Hamilton Musgrove mounted to rear endpaper.
Slight wear along front joint, some small scuffs spine and extremities, gilt edge a bit faded; hinges a touch tender, faint marginal toning to textblock; very good or better.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 751D
- Title
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam - very nice binding
- Author
- Omar Khayyam
- Illustrator
- Will Pogany
- Format/Binding
- Bound in full morocco, elaborately decorated with arabesque designs
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Crowell Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 108
- Size
- 8¾x6"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam in fine binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Binding; Fine Press;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...