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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered Into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald
by KHAYYAM, Omar; FitzGERALD, Edward (translator); DULAC, Edmund (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 051722738X
- ISBN 13
- 9780517227381
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Weathervane Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [c.1977]. Hardcover. 051722738X . An illustrated reprint edition of poems of Omar Khayyám, arranged in quatrains and rendered into English by Edward FitzGerald under the title "The Rubaiyat," which was FitzGerald's creation. This edition is a facsimile of the 1909 Hodder & Stoughton issuance, with illustrations in color by Edmund Dulac, the French-English artist. --- In full off-white cloth-covered boards with elaborate decorations and titling in gilt to cover and gilt-stamped spine titling. Unpaginated (about 100 pp.). White jacket repeats the cover decorations. --- With inked gift inscription to half title, a little light soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Good-only dust jacket with several small tears and curling to edges, but remaining mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; c.100 pp. pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87770
- Title
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered Into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald
- Author
- KHAYYAM, Omar; FitzGERALD, Edward (translator); DULAC, Edmund (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 051722738X
- ISBN 13
- 9780517227381
- Publisher
- Weathervane Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1977]
- Keywords
- 051722738X
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry;
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