KHAYYAM, OMAR; EBAN FRANCIS THOMPSON (TRANS)

The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur Translated from the Persian Into English Verse, Including Quatrains Now for the First Time So Rendered

Worcester, MA: Privately Printed, 1906. First Printing. Hard Cover. Signed by the translator. Privately Printed, at the Commonwealth Press, Worcester, Mass. Original ivory cloth, paper label on spine, gilt Persian lettering on cover. Portrait frontispiece. Introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole. This work deals with more than 1,100 Quatrains, many obscure. This is the 1906 reissue, with the portrait frontispiece. [Potter 378]. Rare. Inscription on ffep ("To | Mr and Mrs Edson L. Ford | with Best wishes of | The Translator | Worcester Massachusetts | July 29 1922"). Also signed by the translator below the frontispiece portrait. Frontispiece Portrait. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (vi), xiv, 290 pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1912

Catalogue: Rubaiyat

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KHAYYAM, OMAR; EDWARD FITZGERALD (TRANS)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia

Boston: Shakespeare Head Press, 1927. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over brown boards, fore-edge deckle. Spine worn and peeling, tape repair on one page, edges worn, unmarked, tight and square. FAIR.. The Shakespeare Head Quartos Series. Vol. 6. Decorations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 36, (1) pp. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 11605

Catalogue: Rubaiyat

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KHAYYAM, OMAR

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First Edition (?). 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's red cloth, gilt title and decoration on upper board. One tipped-in color plate as frontispiece. Designed by George Hornby. Set in Linotype Estienne. Composed and printed by S. A. Jacobs, The Golden Eagle Press. Spine rubbed, covers show minor shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE. Color Illustrated frontispiece. 8vo (7.5 x 5"). viii, 86, (2) pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1534

Catalogue: Rubaiyat

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KHAYYAM, OMAR

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

NY: Brentano's, 1898. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Wayside Gift Edition. Original publisher's embossed cloth with large red, green, black and white floral decoration on cover and lower board, gilt titles on spine. t.e.g, others deckle. With an Address by the Hon. John Hay to the Omar Khayyam Club, London, December, 1897; the text of FitzGerald's Fourth Edition, with his Notes; a biography of Khayyam by Justin Huntley McCarthy; and Notes. Former owner's name and Rockwell Kent Bookplate on fep ("Betsy Fletcher"). Edges only slightly worn and corners only lightly bumped. A very good copy of a lovely Rubaiyat. VERY GOOD+/NONE. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 89, (5) pp. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1905