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New York, Random House [1947]. Title continues: "...and the combined 3d, 4th, and 5th editions, with an appendix containing FitzGerald's prefaces and notes. Edited with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer." Illustrated by Mahmoud Sayah (b. 1916). Each page is uniquely bordered with matching endpapers. Hard Cover. xxii, 149 pages, illus. (some color); 24 cm. Vg / slipcase good+. Stock#43535.

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1961. Later Printing. Flexible Imitation Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In red cloth with gilt titling, 12mo 320pp. (short gift inscription to preliminary page).

Random House, 1/1/1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

New York: Random House, 1947. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Sayah, Mahmoud. Lacks slipcase. 1947 Hard Cover. xxii, 149 pp. 8vo. Decorated black and red cloth, gilt titles, illustrated endpapers. Beautiful color illustrations by Mahmoud Sayah, decorative margins. Edited with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". Although commercially unsuccessful at first, FitzGerald's work was popularised from 1861 onward by Whitley Stokes, and the work came to be greatly admired by the Pre-Raphaelites in England. FitzGerald had a third edition printed in 1872, which increased interest in the work in the United States. By the 1880s, the book was extremely popular throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent that numerous 'Omar Khayyam… Read More

Random House, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In slipcase, which is worn along edges. Previous owner's name is crossed off in black marker on endpaper. A pretty nice, sturd copy..

New York: Random House. Fair with no dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. No DJ. Ancient Persian poem translated and beloved by many in the West since the 1800s in a decent copy. In dark red decorative cloth covers [covers quite faded in several spots]; with color illustrations. Each page w/gold-toned illustrative border. Volume dotted with bright, full color illustrations. Edgewear and hingewear along spine edges, edges stained & smudged. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 149 pages .

NY: Random House.1947. Hard Cover. Near fine in poor slipcase. Previous owner address label to front pastedown in slipcase with edge wear, chipping, soiling tears at edges 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial covers, and margins of every page. Beautifully illustrated by Mahmoud Sayah .Bx159

New York: Random House, 1947. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Sayah, Mahmoud. Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine faded, slipcase corners a bit rubbed. 1947 Hard Cover. xxii, 149 pp. Illustrated by Mahmoud Sayah with decorative margins. Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements but chiefly known to English-speaking readers through the translation of a collection of his robāʿīyāt ('quatrains') in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859), by the English writer Edward FitzGerald. His name Khayyam (“Tentmaker”) may have been derived from his father’s trade. He received a good education in the sciences and philosophy in his native NeyshābÅ«r before traveling to Samarkand (now in Uzbekistan), where he completed the algebra treatise,… Read More

New York: Dodge Publishing Company , 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 6-1/4" x 5", 109 p., hardcover in brown publishers cloth with decorative border, title stamped gilt. Quatrains with decorative borders, eight plates tipped in throughout. Fade to lower corner, dampstain evident along lower edge, endapapers and pastedowns only.

London, Lund Humphries, 1939, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 1st thus. HB. Boards. D8vo. G. Spine faded and torn along rear hinges, covers rubbed and stained, foxed. Facsimile of first edition, published by Bernard Quaritch in 1859

Random House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good+. Pictorial hard cover from private collection in very good condition; illustrated by Sayah; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23712 Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.

GB: Everyman's Library (Dent/Dutton), 1928. Not dated but about 1928 (date of introduction). Green cloth lettered and decorated in gold at top of spine. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Thus. Hardback. VG/No DW.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Brentano's. Used - Very Good. 1920. Hardcover. Leather. 12mo. 111 pp. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear and scuffing & rubbing to boards. Previous owner's notation to front flyleaf. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Poetry).

GB: Everyman's Library (Dent/Dutton), 1928. Not dated but about 1928 (date of introduction). Green cloth lettered and decorated in gold at top of spine. Grey-Green "Poetry and Drama" DW has no logo on spine, "over 890 volumes" on rear flap and "A few of the 500 authors"on rear cover. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.Slightest wear to top of spine with internal magic tape strengthening. . 1st Thus. Hardback. VG+/VG DW.

New York, NY: Dodge, 1916. Book. Hardcover. Persian poetry; 53 text leaves, printed one side; 21.8cm; embossed tan cloth, worn; spine rubbed; corners bumped; inner hinges cracked; 4 colored illus. tipped in; top edge gilt; gilt decoration; Edward Fitzgerald 1809-83; Ghiyas al-Din Abu al-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam ca1050-1123, known as The Tentmaker, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer; rubaiyyat: plural of quatrain; bookplate, owner marks..

Hardback. New.

London: George G. Harrap, 1954 Reprint. HB. Red decorative cloth with black titles to spine and front, and blue-green decorative dustjacket with same motifs to front (Islamic columns and floral motifs to borders) 94pp, 14 x 9.5 cm. With 8 colour plates from paintings by Willy Pogany. Each page of cream paper has orange decorations printed on, and the title page has the same decorative motifs as the cover and jacket, printed in brown on yellow. An attractive little volume. Very Good book in Good jacket. Clean covers, with light rubbing and fading to cloth edges. Pages clean but endpapers browned and with small spot marks. Jacket has small losses to spine ends and corners, a few small spots,

Collins, 1953. Leather Bound. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Geniune leather. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Protected well by slipecase. Fuly gilt page edges as well as lettering on spine. Ribbon pagemarker. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Adam and Charles Black. Very Good. 1909. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1909, 1st Edition Thus, 4to (approx 20 cm x 26 cm) , [viii] 203pp. With 16 Illustrated Plates, Publisher's Original Decorative Cream Cloth with Blue/Green/Gilt Design, Missing Dust Jacket, which is not uncommon. In Very Good condition, with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, and no loose or missing pages. Outer covers show general rubbing and reading wear. Bumping to the corners and edges. Foot and crown of the spine show some wear to the cloth, but no loss, compromising or tearing. Front end-paper chipped at the lower edge. Offsetting from pressed flowers on pg 7 & pg 49.; 16 Illustrated Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 203 pages .