Author: KHAYYAM, OMAR Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Description: Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1942. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Willy Pogany (1882 - 1955). Original publisher's full maroon cloth with gilt titles and medallion on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Illustrated with magnificent B&W Art Deco illustrations by Willy Pogany, 16 full-page illustrations as well as nine half-page illustrations and numerous head and tail-pieces and text decoration, including decorated borders on each page. Printed in Beck Gravure by The Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia and New York. Spine and boards unevenly sunned, shadow of bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. Contents are clean, and bright. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat. VERY GOOD-.. B&W Drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (vii),101 pp. Very Good- with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Literature; Poetry; Rubaiyats; Illustrated Books; Pogany; Illustrated Books Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 1726
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