Language: English
Published by Illustrated Editions Company, New York, 1938
Seller: Books of the World, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar (illustrator). llustrated Editions, [c. 1938]. Hardcover in illustrated slipcase. Black textured leather over boards with red, green and gilt title and illustrations to front and spine. Very thick paper. Nine magnificent mounted color lithographs. Top edge died deep red. Deckled fore-edge. Near Fine book in a Fair slipcase. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Title and illustrations to cover and spine have faded, otherwise book is in Fine condition. Illustrated slipcase is delaminating and has heavy wear with separation at corners. No markings. 119 pages. 27 cm.
Language: English
Published by The World Publishing Co., Cleveland and New York, 1938
Seller: Jay's Basement Books, Sonora, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Kar, Hamzeh Abd Ullah (illustrator). Later Printing. unpaginated. slipcase, black taped edges, gifted,bookplate, book and text are clean with tight binding no tears,tipped in color pictures Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Published by New York City: Illustrated Editi, 1938
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good.
Language: English
Published by World Pub Co, Cleveland, OH, 1938
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaged (1 Inch thick), with 8 Purple Sheets with Color Tipped-on Illus by Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar, Blk nubby Leatherette with Gilt Title & Color Minaret, 4to (8.1 x 10.6 Inches), VG, no DJ, 1st ed.
Published by Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Co., 1938
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small quarto bound in black cloth with gilt and red colored lettering & decoration in publisher-issued pictorial slipcase. Illustrated with color plates. Condition: some rubbing & wear to slipcase; lettering & decoration on binding rubbed & dulled; else very good in very good slipcase.
Published by New York City: Illustrated Editions Company, 1938., 1938
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Former owner's name, otherwise unmarked. With slipcase. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 9 x 12 in. Cloth boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers have some stains and paper stuck in spots, mild wear. Binding tight, text and plates excellent. Rub. Stax.
Published by ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS, NY, 1938
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARDCOVER BLACK. Condition: GOOD+. HAMZEH ABD ; KAR, ULLAH (illustrator). illustrations tipped in on purple rag paper, includes six illustrations, decorated spine & cover, general wear DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION: 100 APPROX.
Language: English
Published by Illustrated Editions Company, New York, 1938
Seller: Old Bookshelf, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar (illustrator). Unpaginated. 9 mounted color plates. Black grain leatherette binding, red and green decorations, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, . Front cover lettering mostly faded, spine lettering and decoration very bright, boards square and unworn. Contents are clean and unblemished. Slipcase is worn and scuffed, and taped at top and bottom. The book is in very well-preserved condition.
Published by Illustrated Editions Company, 1938
Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Bound in full black imitation leather, spine stamped gilt and dark red, upper cover stamped blind, red and green, red-brown endpapers, top edges stained red-brown, foredges untrimmed (slight wear). [ca. 125] pages + plates (unpaginated). Includes the text of the first and fourth editions of the familiar translation, plus FitzGerald's introductory essay ('Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia'); and an introductory note and comment by Edward Heron-Allen. Notable in particular for the tipped-in color plates. Kar, Hamzeh Abd-Ullah (illustrator); 9 Color Illustrations / Plates.
Published by Illustrated Editions Company., New York., 1938
Hardcover. Color Plates (illustrator). New York. : Illustrated Editions Company. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1938. Hardcover. Sm 4to. . Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET.
Published by New York City: Illustrated Editions Company, 1938., 1938
First Edition
Condition: Good. First edition thus (hardback). 4to (27cm by 21cm), c. 150pp. Colour frontispiece and 8 colour plates by Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar, all mounted on purple art card. Original black cloth. the binding is rubbed & dusty, and there is a tippexed-out ownership inscription to the front pastedown; overall, this book is in good condition.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1938, 1938
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hamzeh Abd-Uttah Kar (illustrator). Quarto, hardcover, previous owner's name on endpaper else near fine in decorative boards, in worn pictorial slipcase (from 1938).Unpaginated but 75 major stanzas and 26 pages of the 'last version', compromising 102 stanzas. Here is the classic love poetry of Omar Khayyam the astronomer-poet of Persia. Translated into English Verse Quatrains from the Persian by Edward Fitzgerald. Includes Hamzeh Abd-Uttah Kar's tipped-in full color illustrations. Book.
Published by ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY, 1938
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HARD BACK BLACK. Condition: FAIR. HAMZEH ABD-ULLAH KAR (illustrator). in slipcase; slipcase worn with edgewear; rubbed with small tears and chipping of slipcase; rough cut edges; black cover board shelfworn; colored frontispiece; red top edge pages, tipped in pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION:
Language: English
Published by World Publishing Company/Illustrated Editions, Cleveland/New York, 1938
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Kar, Hamzeh Abd-ullah (illustrator). First Edition Later Printing. A "rare & beautifully executed" edition from the Illustrated Editions Company of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's classic love poem, with all the quatrains in the correct sequence, brilliantly illustrated with tipped-in color plates by artist Hamzeh Abd-ullah Kar, which demonstrate an Eastern tone not found in previous editions by Western artists. Unpaginated. Contains both the First & Last Versions, + a brief bio of the astronomer-poet by Fitzgerald. With pebbled black cloth-covered boards decorated & lettered in red & gilt to front & spine, this small quarto (8.25" x 11") is in Near Fine: exceptionally clean, binding straight & strong, hinges secure, vellum-like pages are creamy vanilla colored & completely unmarked save for gift inscription in a flourish of pen inside front cover. Tiny smudge noted on one page. Front board shows a 1" white streak of unknown origin & gilt has largely faded from front & spine. Corners crisp. No DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Language: English
Published by Bankside Press, NY & Ldn, 1900
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar (illustrator). 1st Edition. 95 pp.+ 4 Tipped-on Illus Plts, Orig Grn Hardback with Red title, Top Edge Gilt. Deckle Edgepapers, 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 Inches), lacks paper spine title else VG, 1st ed.
Language: English
Published by Illustrated Editions Company, 1938
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Kar, Hamzeh Abd-Ullah (illustrator). Large, heavy book, textured shiny black leather, a raised illustration of red-domed temple at top front, very bright gilt rays design with red background at spine top with gilt lettering, purple color to pages' top edge, heavy purple color inside covers and adjacent end papers, every other page a tipped-in color illustration. Unpaginated heavy glossy pages. Please note the illustrator is not Edward Sullivan, as is usual. Beautifully illustraed in full-page color throughout by Hamzeh Abd-Ullah Kar. Near Fine book.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. New York City . no date. Illustrated Editions Company. 4to. Hardcover. Black cloth with picture of Islamic buildings on cover and spine. Nine lovely full color plates mounted on violet stock interleaved between the verses. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Excellent condition. VG++, just slight wear; gilt lettering on cover , hinges not cracked in or out; no owner marks. Text pages clean. No foxing. No tears, no chips. no dj.
Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1938
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Hamzeh Abd Ullah Kar (illustrator). First Edition Thus. First Printing. Publisher's full black leatherette, gilt lettering on red panel and additional decoration on spine, gilt lettering and mosque medallion in gilt and red on cover, burgundy endpapers, t.e.g. (red), fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with full-page, full-color, tipped-in plates by Hamzeh Abd Ullah Kar. This edition includes Fitzgerald's handwritten changes in the 4th edition as an addendum to the end of the work, as well as the full text of his original translation. Cover and spine gilt faded; very small and elegant former owner's signature on ffep, and stamp on the fep, otherwise unmarked, some smudges on a couple of the tipped-in plates, some plates wrinkled at the corners, else fine. VERY GOOD. . Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (xx), (113) pp.
Published by Illustrated Editions Company, New York,, Ny, U.S.A., 1938
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hamzeh Abd-Ullah [Abdullah] Kar (illustrator). No Edition Or Printing Stated. Nine Plates (Fine Condition) Tipped In. Bound In Black Faux Leather With Embossed Mosque On The Front. Top Edges Red Dye. Former Owner's Book Plate Attached To The Front Pastedown. The Slipcase Is In Poor Condition With Wear, Small Chips And Separation At The Corners.
Published by New York, NY: Illustrated Editions Company, 1938, 1938
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Illustrated Poetry] FIRST EDITION THUS. Quarto (27 x 21cm), unpaginated. Publisher's black leather-effect cloth lettered and illustrated in green and red to front board, red title label to spine, green illustration to spine. Untrimmed edges. Nine mounted coloured plates including a frontispiece. Some wearing to green lettering and illustration. Near fine. 'Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, / Before we too into Dust descend.' Polymath poet, philosopher, and scientist, Khayyam was one of the greatest minds of the Islamic Golden Age, whose enduring presence in the Anglophone world was cemented by the translations of FitzGerald.