Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The astronomer-poet of Persia rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Complete edition showing variants in the five original printings.
by FITZGERALD, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See Description
- Seller
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Concord, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1921. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. (205 mm), pp. v, [1], 5-262. With 4 color plates including the frontispiece. Bound in blue publisher's cloth. No dust jacket. Front cover contains an illustrated paper on-lay framed by a gilt floral design. Binding shows minor rubbing to the extremities. The front cover illustration displays a couple small spots of wear/abrasion. The top edge of the book block is gilt. End papers are lightly toned. Some spotted staining or foxing is present to the lower margins of pp. 44-50. Minor outer edge wear is visible on several leaves. A couple sets of leaves are unopened.
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- Bookseller
- Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001118
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The astronomer-poet of Persia rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Complete edition showing variants in the five original printings.
- Author
- FITZGERALD, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - See Description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam Poetry Persia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical and Medieval Literature;
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About the Seller
Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
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Concord, Massachusetts
About Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
Specializing in Pre-19th century European Imprints - History, Travel & Exploration; Theology, Philosophy & Occult; Illustrated books; Science & Medicine.
Glossary
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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