Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Untermeyer, Louis - 1947

New York: Random House, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black & red decorated covers. Light wear. Lightly bumped corners. Book lightly cocked. Light soiling. Spine is lightly faded.

New York: Random House, 1947. Book. Illus. by Mahmoud Sayah, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Random House, 1947. Reprint. Fine/Very Good+. Mahmoud Sayah, Illustrator. Clean book in clean original slipcase. Red and black decorated cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean beautifully decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Translated into English quatrains by Edward Fitzgerald. A Complete reprint of the First Edition and the combined Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions, with an Appendeix containing FitzGerald's Prefaces and Notes. Beautifully illustrated in full color by Mahmoud Sayah, all page margins decorated. 149 pages. Clean red paper-covered slipcase has tiny bit of wear at top and bottom edges of open side..

Office of Catholic Publications Very large, heavy antique book. Well loved, some leaves have been left in pages as apparent bookmarks. Some tanning, light foxing. Leather covered boards and spine, complete but front board is loose. A very collectible antique book.