Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam First Version by Fitzgerald Edward (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Green limp leather small hardcover. The spine is very worn and has some leather loss. The hinges are weak inside. Scarce edition. Has a homemade dust jacket on it. We ship fast.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. VG red leather boards with gilt lettering along spine; cover has R. Frank stamped on it in gilt. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. 289 pp. Bibliography. Size 7.5x 5.5" Includes three versions of the Rubaiyat.

Condition: Good. 1975. Fourth impression. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Gold slipcase. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Two-colour illustrations by Virgil Burnett. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards with minimal shelf wear. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor marking to panels.

Condition: Fair. 1986. 7th Impression. Unpaginated. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Red cloth with decorations and slipcase. Black, white and brown illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.

9th printing. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (Fine) slipcase (VG). Unpaginated, illus with coloured plates by Virgil Burnett (no inscriptions).

4th impression. Near fine copy in the original decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 24 unnumbered pages : 4 illustrated plates ; 16 cm. Subjects; Persian poetry. Persian poetry Translations into English. Persian poetry 747-1500 ; Translations into English. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: good. no additional printings listed . NOT an ex library book. Book with gray cloth binding, print in gold, decoration in dark green. Gold on spine is rubbed but legible. Gilt top edge. 244 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reissue. Reissue. Edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly toned. Portions of publisher's slipcase included. 1900 Hard Cover. xlii, 289 pp. Cream leather spine, brown leather boards and spine label, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers. Woodcut frontispiece. A collection of verse translations by Edward Fitzgerald and E.H. Whinfield, together with the prose version of Justin McCarthy, edited with an introduction by Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Also includes: a poem entitled To Omar Khayyam written by Andrew Lang; a brief biography of Khayyam; notes by Edward Fitzgerald on his translations; On Reading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in a Kentish Rose Garden by Mathilde Blind; comparative stanzas; a bibliography of foreign translations, Fitzgerald's English translations, American editions of Fitzgerald's translations, and later English translations. 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 clubs' were formed and there was a 'fin de siecle cult of the Rubaiyat.' FitzGerald's work has been published in several hundred editions and has inspired similar translation efforts in English, Hindi and in many other languages.

4th impression. Near fine copy in the original decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 24 unnumbered pages : 4 illustrated plates ; 16 cm. Subjects; Persian poetry. Persian poetry Translations into English. Persian poetry 747-1500 ; Translations into English. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. GOODEN Stephen (illustrator). 63pp. Buff coloured linen boards with purple decorations and black titles to front and spine in price clipped dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to ffep together with bookseller stamp. Boards very lightly marked and worn at top edge. Dustwrapper worn and torn with losses at top of front panel. Otherwise textblock and illustrations clean tight and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. GOODEN Stephen (illustrator). 63pp. Linen boards with black and purple titles and decorations to front and spine in unclipped dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to fep. Boards lightly foxed. Dustwrapper faded and worn with nicks and small losses at extremities. Textblock and illustrations in lovely clean tight and bright condition. A pleasing copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good or Better. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Original red decorative cloth covers, very bright and clean. Illust. w/ color plates. Comes in original gold box, lightly soiled. Contents very nice.

First edition thus Stephen Gooden illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original straw buckram covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Rubáiyát over 62 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 4 mounted plates and 4 decorations by Stephen Gooden. Marks to the boards, contents in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Gooden's work can be found in the collections of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Stephen Gooden illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original straw buckram covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Rubáiyát over 62 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 4 mounted plates and 4 decorations by Stephen Gooden. Very Good clean condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 5/-. Gooden's work can be found in the collections of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Image shows actual book for sale. Book Condition: Good; firm binding; contents very good; a little bowed to covers. Slipcase a little rubbed. Hard Cover Folio Society 1955 Poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Boston: Joseph Knight Company; First Edition (1896). FIRST VOLUME ONLY. Frontispiece. CLXXIX+203 pages. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. Gold cloth, DarkGreen stamping and Gilt lettering, Gilt top edge. Minimal loss of color to the spine panel. No Wear. Clean Unmarked. Strong tight binding and hinges. 8.75"x5.5"x1.1". be20.

16mo. 5.5 x 4.5 inches. Unpaginated. [32] pp. title page in blue and black. In green patterned stiff card wrapper with red titles. Some wear to edges, including head and tail of spine, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 4 wood engravings in main text. Decorated by half title, title page and tailpiece engraved vignettes, and by publisher's device on verso of title. Pictorial wood engraved endpapers on blue patterned background. The Rubaiyat is based on the paraphrased translation from the Persian of Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), poet, tentmaker and astronomer made by Edward Fitzgerald. (1809-83). Attractive small copy illustrated by George Buday, Hungarian born artist and printmaker, who emigrated to Britain in 1937 (Art UK website). ILLUSTRATED WOODCUTS POETRY ASIA ILLUSTRATED 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED.

1st ed thus. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Dust jacket a little chipped at head of spine. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

First edition thus Stephen Gooden illustrated hard back binding in publisher's special quarter green leather binding over emerald green cloth boards, gilt title lettering to the spine, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Hand written number 36 of 125 Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the artist 'Stephen Gooden'. Rubáiyát over 63 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 4 full-page plates and 4 decorations by Stephen Gooden. The trade edition published in the same year contained the same plates, albeit were tipped-in and not full-page. Slight sun fading down the spine. Very Good condition book in Very Good peppermint green paper covered slip case carrying the correct limited edition number 36 for this book. Gooden's work can be found in the collections of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

First Edtion Thus. Slim Royal 8vo. Limited to 75 copies, of which 50 are for sale. [Number 4] 45pp [3] printed on buff coloured hand-made paper, uncut, illustrations, pale yellow net cloth,complete with the publishers paper wrapper [soiled] Dedicated to Ambrose G. Potter. Good Copy. Scarce.

First edition thus, number 61 of 125 copies, all signed by the illustrator and specially bound. The text reprints FitzGerald's first published version of the Rubáiyát (1859), afterwards substantially revised by the translator four times. Each of the five versions has its champions - the original text was the favourite of private presses and of deluxe illustrated editions, as here. Gooden (1892-1955) was an English artist who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and is best known for his fine copper engravings, including several banknote designs for the Bank of England and pictorial bookplates, including designs made for Queen Elizabeth II. Coumans 63. Octavo. With 4 full sized plates and 4 small illustrations by Stephen Gooden. Original green quarter morocco, spine lettered in gilt, green cloth sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, cream endpapers. In the original card slipcase. Spine lightly sunned, minor toning to endpapers in gutter, a near-fine copy in slightly darkened and rubbed slipcase.