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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward, translator
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap. Good with no dust jacket. [1913]. Leather. 80 unnumbered pages, 16 full colour illustrations tipped in. Octavo. Brown leather with gilt and green ruling and decoration in the "Persian" Art Nouveau style to front cover and spine. Slight bit of wear to the spines, bit of wear to the corners but not much. First blank has gift inscription dated 1927. Interior has some light occasional foxing. One page has a small old red ink mark at the bottom gutter. Each page is decorated in green, with green borders, and fanciful, delicate Art Nouveau penwork with a romantic "Oriental" feeling. The great Khayyam's poem, Fitzgerald's beautiful translation, Pogany's magical and delicate illustrations, in a beautiful Art Nouveau binding, in nice condition. No date, but OCLC 503459389 identifies it as 1913. Printed at the Ballantyne Press by Spottiswoode for Harrap. Pogany was a Hungarian artist who later emigrated to the U. S. His artistic style was heavily fairy-tale orientated and often featured motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. He paid great attention to botanical details and used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink. Hard to find in such nice condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12207
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar; Fitzgerald, Edward, translator
- Illustrator
- Pogany, Willy
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1913]
- Keywords
- Rubaiyat, Persian_poetry, Art_nouveau
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian/Rare; Poetry; Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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