Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
by Fitzgerald, Edward
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins. 1947. Quarto, original red cloth boards with gilt and black title labels upper board and spine, dustjacket, twelve colour plates, pp 224. Water-marked to lower corner of rear board and corresponding area of rear board, clean, very good condition in like d.j. Uncommon in dustjacket. This edition of the Persian poet and polymath has an introduction by Laurence Housman, an essay about Edward FitzGerald by G.F. Maine, FitzGerald's original introduction, the text of the first, second, and fifth editions of the Rubaiyat, notes, a glossary, a bibliography, and striking full-page colour plates by Robert Stewart Sherriffs which were specially drawn for this edition. 1st edition thus. Boards in d.j..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102790
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Edward
- Illustrator
- Ed. G. F. Maine; illus. Robert Stewart Sherriffs
- Format/Binding
- Boards in d.j.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Literature, Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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