Author: OMAR KHAYYAM
Title: Rubaiyat. Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Decorated by Catherine Gebhard.
Description: Birmingham, City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1937. Decorated boards in gold paper. 24 p. Printed in red, blue and black by students of the City of Birmingham School of Printing under the direction of Leonard Jay. First edition. Delicate backstrip worn, some browning from the glue in the binding. Inscribed by Kenneth Clarke (probably not the politician) to Dutch historian and Pembroke College fellow Dr. George Puchinger "to remember Oxford/ and Fyfield Manor", May 6, 1981. Most attractive Rubaiyat edition made by students of the Birmingham School of Printing bound in gold paper with a ligne claire decoration, lettering in red and very fine book illustrations in blue. Rare.
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Title: Rubaiyat. Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Decorated by Catherine Gebhard.
Description: Birmingham, City of Birmingham School of Printing, 1937. Decorated boards in gold paper. 24 p. Printed in red, blue and black by students of the City of Birmingham School of Printing under the direction of Leonard Jay. First edition. Delicate backstrip worn, some browning from the glue in the binding. Inscribed by Kenneth Clarke (probably not the politician) to Dutch historian and Pembroke College fellow Dr. George Puchinger "to remember Oxford/ and Fyfield Manor", May 6, 1981. Most attractive Rubaiyat edition made by students of the Birmingham School of Printing bound in gold paper with a ligne claire decoration, lettering in red and very fine book illustrations in blue. Rare.
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Price: EUR 85.00 = appr. US$ 92.38 Seller: Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis - Paulbooks
- Book number: 266794
- Book number: 266794
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