KHAYYAM, OMAR; EDWARD FITZGERALD (TRANS)
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered Into English Quatrains by Edward Fitzgerald: The Five Authorized Versions
NY: Walter J. Black, 1942. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full oatmeal cloth, gilt lettering on red labels and gilt rolled decoration on black labels on spine, Classics Club red and gilt medallion on cover, top edge red, tan endpapers. Includes all five of Fitzgerald's translations, Introductions to each version, Essay on Fitzgerald and the Rubaiyat by Gordon S. Haight, Facsimiles from the Bodleian Manuscript of the Rubaiyat, Notes, Vocabulary, and Comparative Table of Stanzas in the Five Versions. Spine and covers lightly soiled, former owner's name on ffep, otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 178 pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
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