New York: The Heritage Press, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Szyk, Arthur. 4to. Not paginated. Contains 75 quatrains. Hardcover with illustrated cover boards and a blue cloth spine. Housed in a gold slipcase, which is rubbed but sound. There is minimal wear to the binding. The outer edges of the text block are foxed. There is occasional spotting or water marks to the edges of several interior pages. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated.

Synopsis

Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day.

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On May 16 2016, a reader said:

With Paintings and Decorations by Sarkis Katchadourian, born in Iran, where he recreated romantic frescoes in old palaces, he then trained in Rome, continued in Paris and then later in Munich. It is really fitting that this cosmopolitan artist's original paintings reproduced in bright colors and the black and white line drawings take you there celebrate under a bough with a book of verse and flask of wine you are magically drawn in and there drinking in the words of the poet.... drunk on the verse.

On Sep 11 2011, WonderPony said:

Fantastic poetry from 11th century Persia as translated by a depressed Englishman going through a divorce in 1859. The first translation is by far the best but it is interesting to get several of them and compare. I'm not a huge poetry fan but I love the simplicity, imagery and strange allegories Omar Khayyam writes about. He was apparently a big fan of the wine.

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Bookseller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 050615
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author: Khayyam, Omar; translated by Edward FitzGerald
Illustrator: Szyk, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Heritage Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1946
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Weight: 1.50 lbs
Keywords: 1946; Omar Khayyam; Edward FitzGerald; Arthur Szyk; Rubaiyat; Poem; Poetry; Persian Poetry; Sufism; Mystic; Mysticism; Classic Literature; Heritage Press; Box; Slipcase; Illustrated.
Bookseller catalogs: Literature & Fiction; Poetry;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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....