RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

1898-1940. Four separately published works..
1) (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN). RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Macmillan and Company, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898) 200 x 138 mm. (8 x 5 3/8"). FINE RED COARSE-GRAINED MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN, front cover with large gilt goblet with inlaid snake in black, brown, and green entwined around it, raised bands, compartments with snake and goblet motif repeated in gilt. Housed in a felt-lined maroon cloth slipcase. A couple negligible spots on covers, otherwise in very fine condition.

2) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: THE ASTRONOMER POET OF PERSIA. (Boston and New York: The Riverside Press, 1900) 230 x 150 mm. (9 x 6"). Edited by William Augustus Brown. No. 198 OF 300 COPIES. Very attractive red half morocco over rose-colored paper boards, untrimmed fore- and tail-edges. Except for some light pencil notes, a virtually mint copy.

3) DULAC, EDMUND, Illustrator. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [ca. 1909]) 285 x 225 mm. (11 1/8 x 8 3/4". EXCELLENT BRIGHT RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, covers with scrolling gilt border, raised bands, compartments with lacy motif, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. With 20 tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac with printed tissue guards. A hint of foxing, but still very fine, and in an attractive binding.

4) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London, Toronto, Bombay, Sydney: George G. Harrap and Company, 1940) 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 1/8"). Red crushed three-quarter morocco over peach-colored linen boards, raised bands with simple gilt decoration, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. With four charming full-page plates and four small illustrations by Stephen Gooden. A fine copy..