Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Khorasan Edition

Fitzgerald, Edward

Published by Collins, London, 1969

About this Item

Gilt titles on black panel on red cloth boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to endpapers only, else very clean, tightly bound and unmarked. Dustjacket has foxing and wear to edges with a small loss to spine head. 224 pages. 12 illustrations. Introduction by Laurence Housman. Biography of Edward Fitzgerald by G.F. Maine. There are many editions of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Some are prose translations which faithfully mirror the thought and imagery of the original, others are in verse of varying degrees of excellence, but none has won such universal favour as that best loved of all renderings by Edwrd Fitzgerald, 1809-1883. This book contains the First, Second, and Fifth Editions in full, together with the textual variations in the Third and Fourth Editions, thus providing the reader with a complete rendition of Fitzgerald's work over more than twenty-five years. There are, in addition the notes to the Second Edition which contains the largest number of quatrains (110) and a glossary. The illustrations were specially drawn for this edition by Robert Stewart Sherriffs. L Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 011496

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Khorasan Edition

Publisher: Collins, London

Publication Date: 1969

Binding: Hard Cover

Illustrator: Sherriffs, Robert Stewart

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good