The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald

Language: English

Published by Collins' Clear-Type Press, London, 1935

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No stated date c1935. Presumed first edition thus. 56pp., 4 two-tone full-page illustrations by Margaret Rorie Caird (1896-1961), an illustration on the title-page, illustration on the reverse of the half-title page, and border decorations to the text. All edges gilt. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubaiyat) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". FitzGerald's work has been published in several hundred editions and has inspired similar translation efforts in English, Hindi and in many other languages. The present edition includes an introduction by Laurence E. Housman. The book is bound in the original thin full leather boards with gold titling and design on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the leather on the corner tips and spine ends. The spine is faded and there is also some fading on up to about 2" of the spine edge and part of the top edge of the front board and to about 1" of the spine edge of the rear board. There is a thin split of about 3/8" to the leather on the top of the front spine edge. The contents are tight and clean and the original marker ribbon is present. There is an inscription dated June 1936 on the front free endpaper.…

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Title
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald
Author
Khayyam, Omar (translated by Edward Fitzgerald and introduction by Laurence E. Housman)
Publisher
Collins' Clear-Type Press, London
Publication year
1935
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
Illustrator
Margaret R. Caird
Edition
Presumed First Edition Ths
Dimensions
9.6" Tall
Seller catalogs
Illustrated, Literature, Poetry

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