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OMAR KHAYYAM - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia, Rendered Into English Verse. (With handwritten dedication from a rugby player to a cricketer!).

Title: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia, Rendered Into English Verse. (With handwritten dedication from a rugby player to a cricketer!).
Description: London, Macmillan & Co., 1891. Original vellum with gold lines. (4), 112 p. Uncut. Reprint. Vellum a bit dark, flyleaves browned, otherwise very nice and unstained. With handwritten dedication by C.J.N. Fleming to A.J. Boger, 'Oxford Dec. 1892'. Charles James Nicol Fleming (1868-1948) was an education inspector in Scotland. In his student days he was a successful rugby player. Alnod J. Boger (1871-1940) later became a lawyer, but was a formidable cricketer in his youth at Oxford. Sport doesn't bite poetry!

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Price: EUR 50.00 = appr. US$ 54.34 Seller: Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis - Paulbooks
- Book number: 280418

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