New York: Hodder & Stoughton Gilt decorative buckram (hardcover), gilt titles, elaborate gilt embossed front board with peacock and elephant motif. (11" x 9"). N.D. (1909). First trade Dulac illustrated edition printed from the second edition by kind permission of of Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 162 pages; illustrated with coloured frontispiece & 19 other full-page tipped-in coloured plates with captioned tissue-guards and patterned endpapers. Coloured Plates and Borders printed by Henry Stone & Son Ltd., Banbury. Showing just light minimal wear, spine lightly sunned, internally clean, bright and tight. Size: Quarto. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Edmund Dulac.

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Bookseller: Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004587
Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Author: Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald, Trans
Illustrator: Edmund Dulac
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication: New York
Keywords: DULAC; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

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