Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Engravings by George Buday. by Fitzgerald, Edward: translated into english verse - 1947

Hodder & Stoughton Book. Illus. by Dulac, Edmund. Good+ (Book Condition). Hardcover. No date. Red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration (of a peacock) to front cover and spine. Full colour illustrations tipped-in, each with a protective sheet of rice paper. This copy is in decent condition with light sunning to spine, bumping to corners, and some soiling to covers. Owner's signature. All 12 plates present. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Special edition. Leather bound. loose binding; one illust. page near the front of the volume has repaired tear; few flaws in first pages; text & illust. not affected; one illust. is loose but present. moderate rubbing to board corners & spine ends; thin split at top half of spine where it connects with front board. . 8 vo; dark brown leather boars with gilt stylized decoration by Elihu Vedder; gilt spine lettering;intensely decorated endpapers featuring flowers & grape vines; first section contains the b/w illusts., decorations, & calligraphy of Elihu Vedder; last page of this section adds the words by Vedder, " Commenced May 1883, finished March 1884, Roma." The next section contains 6 uncut pages of Vedder's notes accompanied by ornate decorations; the third section of text contains just the text of the earlier Red-Line Edition. The fourth section contains 5 uncut pages of notes. The next section contains a biographical sketch of Omar… Read More