Palgrave's The Golden Treasury, to which is appended The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Palgrave, Francis Turner; Edward Fitzgerald; Louis Untermeyer (intro)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition Thus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on blue panels on spine and cover, Everyman logos, gilt, on spine and cover, printed endpapers. This is the Modern Library edition of Palgrave's famous anthology of the greatest English poetry, introduced by Louis Untermeyer and including the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in Edward Fitzgerald's wonderful translation.. Covers rubbed and edge-worn, slightly cocked; unmarked and clean. GOOD. . The Modern Library of the World's Best Books Series. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 426 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25308
- Title
- Palgrave's The Golden Treasury, to which is appended The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Palgrave, Francis Turner; Edward Fitzgerald; Louis Untermeyer (intro)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature;, Anthologies, Anthology, British Poetry, Rubaiyat
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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