(USA) Presumed 1st edition (1976) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Marron leather with gold stamped image of seated man to front panel, hibbed spine with gold titles, ribbon marker, unpaginated 24 pages, 8 full-colour reproductions of the minature paintings by Szyk inspired by Persian miniatures. The book was designed by Ernest Ingham of London. Included is the printed Publisher's note explaining that the book edges are not gilded as the pages are double sheets in the oriental style of bookmaking. Part of the gilding process is to sand each page edge before applying the golden finish, but in this case, the sanding would separate te double sheets. (2.0 JM LVR 206/b2 Size: 4to - over 9� - 12" Tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, the Text of the first Edition (Collector's Edition in Genuine Leather)

Publisher

The Easton Press, Norwalk CT

Publication Date

1976

Binding

Leather Bound

Illustrator

SZYK, Arthur

Edition

1st.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

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JWMah is strictly an on-line Bookseller, and we been selling out-of-print, used and rare books on the Internet since 1997. Our stock consists of a good balance of fiction and non-fiction books in a wide range of subjects. We also sell classical LP records. Our Art books, Cookbooks, books on Food and Wine, Canadian Cookbooks, Canadiana, Travel and Exploration catalogues are worth a look. We are not set up for people to physically browse our books but we would be happy to send you a digital catalogue of the books that we have in your interest area. Please contact us by email at jwmah@telus.net. We examine each book that we sell and try our best to grade the books conservatively. We are strictly an internet business, so usually the books put up for sale are in stock. We try update our books every day or so in order that our listings are as fresh as possible. It is best to contact us by e-mail or by telephone to reserve a book, as some books sell quickly. We are located in Canada's westcoast and we ship internationally.

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Postage is $11.99 US for Expedited Parcel Post in Canada for the first book weighing up to 2.2 pounds; and US $6.00 for each additional book weighing up to 2 pounds. For smaller books going to Canadian customers, we will reduce the shipping fee and initiate a refund through the Abebooks.com website. GST is charged on books and shipping for all Canadian customers. On heavy books we will calculate the postage and send a request for extra postage.
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