Add this copy of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. the Astronomer Poet of to cart. $199.80, very good condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1872 by Bernard Quaritch.
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Third Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp [xxiv], 36. Bound in original publisher's quarter maroon morocco, plum linen boards, vertical gilt lettered at spine, slate brown endpapers. Each of the first four editions of Edward Fitzgerald's masterpiece were 'revised' to such an extent, that each can fairly be described as a new version of this key Victorian text. From the Omar Khayyam/ Edward Fitzgerald collection of Peter Wills with his small neat address label and his small circular blind stamp-"The Fitzgerald Collection." Rubbed at spine with some slight rubbing to hinges and cracking to front inner hinge, fep slightly creased overall used near very good with clean text.
Add this copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia to cart. $80.09, good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1906 by Macmillian & Co., Limited.
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Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Contains 101 quatrains (in their nearly final format); plus FitzGerald's biographical introduction and notes. Originally published in 1859. Bound in full vellum, gilt-stamped spine, 8vo, 112pp. Printed by R. & R. Clark. (light soiling to outer extremities, name to endpaper, slight toning to page edges and endpapers).
Add this copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia to cart. $306.00, good condition, Sold by The Unskoolbookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Houghton Mifflin and Company.
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Vedder, Elihu. Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Book Moderate wear to corners, spine ends, & top of back cover. Previous owner's name on blank endpaper. Other than a few small finger marks, pgs are clean. Spine is tight. Decorative cover; pictorial endpapers; gilt trim to top page edges. 61 pgs. Comprised of 101 quatrains. A beautiful book.
Add this copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia to cart. $6,759.00, very good condition, Sold by Aquila Books, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1868 by Bernard Quaritch.
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xviii, 30 pp. Small Quarto. (21.1 X 16.5 cm. ) Bound in 19th century full polished green morocco by Proudfoot of Euston Square. Gilt title and date on the spine. Spine slightly sunned. Gilt dentelles on both boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Text block clean. 15 extra blank leaves inserted at the back to take up space. An interesting armorial bookplate on the front past down. A later bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper. A very attractive, near fine copy. This second edition of 500 copies was substantially revised and expanded from the first edition of 1859. Quaritch initially sold the book for 1s.6d but over time interest and demand increased so the book was listed in their catalogue for over 50 Pounds. The second edition is the longest version Fitzgerald produced of 110 quatrains. Potter 129. A very scarce and important edition.
