RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM OF NAISHAPUR
by Omar Khayyam
- Used
- Condition
- Very fine
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: Essex House Press, 1905. Limited to 88 copies on paper, this no. 71 (there were also 17 on vellum). Printed for the Omar Khayyam Club. Very fine. Limited to 88 copies on paper, this no. 71 (there were also 17 on vellum). Printed for the Omar Khayyam Club. 8vo. viii, 26p. Illustrated with frontispiece and incipit by C. R. Ashbee. In a rather fabulous unsigned binding of full red morocco with end papers of swirling iridescent colors, the spine titled in gilt on a black ground and with two solid gilt vertical panels, the covers with very large decorative gilt corners of grapes and vines and a similar large oval central design, the edges and outer elements outlined in black dots. Introductory matter about the Omar Khayyam Club.
Potter 29; Ransom 62.
Potter 29; Ransom 62.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22481
- Title
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM OF NAISHAPUR
- Author
- Omar Khayyam
- Book Condition
- Used - Very fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 88 copies on paper, this no. 71 (there were also 17 o
- Publisher
- Essex House Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
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- PRIVATE PRESSES; RUBAIYATS;
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- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...