The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam

This exquisite book its in Fine condition. No internal markings, bumps or scuffs. Hinge is very tight. Includes publisher's insert about the book, translation and binding and various other promotions. This edition includes the 1st, 2nd and 5th translations by the original 19th century Irish translator, Edward Fitzgerald, with notes at the end on the 3rd translation. There are eight… Read more about this item

London: Engraved and printed by André E. Sleigh, Bushey, Herts., 1911. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Slipcase with marbled paper pastedown. Near Fine. Exquisite version of the Rubaiyat, bound handsomely by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, who also were responsible for the original illumination, which this copy reproduces. Printed mostly on vellum! 4to. 31.5 by 23 cm. [10… Read more about this item

Boston: The Page Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Standard Edition of the Five Versions. 8vo., (4)282pp. Sharp 11th impression, August, 1916. Prettily bound in original green cloth with borders and titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. . t.e.g., Illustrated with twelve photo-etchings from drawing by Gilbert James and Edmund H. Garrett. Tissue-guarded frontis… Read more about this item

Very nice copy. Some writing on one page but otherwise very good condiy\tion. Omar Khayyám (1048–1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883),… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y Crowell, (1964). First edition thus. Full leather. Fine. 80p octavo, illustrated. A fine copy bound in red leather gilt cover and spine title, top edge gilt. Enclosed in publisher's decorated slipcase,also fine. Signed by the artist Eugene Karlin

New York: Barse & Hopkins, no date. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 36582 shelf. Compact 7" high x 4.25" wide. Gold-stamped embossed brown bds, unlettered spine. No names, clean text. No dust jacket. Frontispiece of Fitgerald w/ tissue guard. Not an illustrated edition.

Boston: Le Roy Phillips, July 1914. hardcover. Fair. Brangwyn, Frank. 16mo, (5 3/8" by 6 7/8") purple cloth covers. Illustrated with 8 color illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. Covers worn at head and foot of spine; spine faded. 020207A

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. Full leather. Fine. 113p octavo, illustrated A fine copy bound in full blue leather

New York: Godfrey A. S. Weiners. 1902. 1st thus. Near Fine+, exquisite copy, one corner slightly worn; Limited edition, #31of 250 copies, on Brown's handmade paper, floral wood cut borders by Coley. .

Burt, NY, undated., 1900. Leather. Fair/No Dj. 12 mo., frontis of Fitzgerald engraving. Very old book bound in thin leather with gilt lettering. Somewhat dilapidated: Leather is chipping and loose and torn at edges. Interior is good reading copy. The Salaman and Absal of Jami. Paper is peeling off inside of back leather. 279 pp. 31 page… Read more about this item

USA: Hartsdale House, 1932 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. A clean and tightly bound book. Inscription flyleaf.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1976. Book. Illus. by Szyk, Arthur. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Large Quarto. 46 pp (unpaginated), the text of the first edition rendered nto English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, 8.4" x 11.2" red leather boards. Gilt top and bottom edges. Gilt spine letters, gilt spine & & back cover design, unopened foredge. … Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1947. Presumed 1st.. Hardcover in red/black decorative cloth boards, no jacket. . VeryGood+ unmarked.. Complete reprint of the First Edition and the combined Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions, with Appendix.Deluxe edition, sumptuous color illustrations with animal-motif, docorated border 6-1/4 x 9-1/2, 151 pp, color illus, gilt-decorated pages.

The Century Co, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. New York, brown blind embossed floral design, leather covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; all edges gilt; 5 inches tall; gift inscription on second front end paper; Interior is clean and unmarked; 120 pages

George G Harrap & Co. Hardcover. Near Fine. Willy Pogamy. Very pretty copy in jacket showing damage to bottom edge and light soil to back cover. Jacket in frsh mylar. Fabulous color illustrations and lots of delightful decorative touches.

International Collector's Library., 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, prevous owner's bookplate and mark on endpaper else VG in beautiful green and gilt decorative boards. .contains all 8 of Dulac's original color illustrations, 191 pp,. These early Dulac's are often split up and sold separately for their prints. A rare find with many beautiful illustrations.… Read more about this item

NY, Random House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, VG in black and red boards; beautifully illustrated.with full-page color paintings Edited and introduced by Louis Untermeyer. Each page has gold decorations around the text. Very attractive book. 150.pp,

NY, Thomas Crowell Company, 1915, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 mo, tan calf leather with gilt lettering; VG Clean and unmarqked. 48 pp, brown marbled endpapers, frontis "a book of verses underneath the bough" b & w with irises in foreground. The astronomer poet of Persia. No date. circa early 20th C. b & w plates… Read more about this item

Burt, NY, undated., 1890. Hardcover. Fair/No Dj. 16 mo. Very old book bound in green spine and green and gray decorative boards.. Somewhat dilapidated: Interior is good reading copy. 288 pp. Book appears to be from 1880's or early 1900's. . 31 page preface.

Galahad, NY, 1974, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sarkis Katchadourian. Small quarto, hardcover, VG in VG green and white decorative dj. beautifully illustrated.with full-page color paintings and numerous B&W head and tail-pieces by Sarkis Katchadourian. 131.pp,