Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyám rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, The text of the First edition
by Khayyam, Omar (Edward Fitzgerald, translator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press, 1946. Book. Illus. by Arthur Szyk, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover book in slipcase. Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Szyk with full color, full page illustrations. Illustrations for this edition were drawn in color and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London by the Sun Engraving Company. The text was set, and pages made up in English monotype Sachenwald with Albertus Capitals, to the design and under the direction of Ernest Ingraham at the Fanfare Press, in London. Clean cream paper-covered boards with blue decoration, clean blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Slight fading to spine cloth. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are very clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. High quality paper, with each page printed upon one side of a double sheet. Gold paper-covered slipcase has wear to edges. Gorgeous book..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32275
- Title
- Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyám rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, The text of the First edition
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar (Edward Fitzgerald, translator)
- Illustrator
- Arthur Szyk, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, ARTHUR SZYK, EDWARD FITZGERALD, ILLUSTRATED, SLIPCASE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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