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The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam / Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám, The Astronomer-Poet Of Persia, Rendered Into English Verse
by Omar Khayyam, Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald, Drawings By Elihu Vedder
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Binding 16" X 13 1/4", Leaves 15 1/2" X 12". Brown Cloth, Rounded Edges, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt, Gray Endpapers With Pastedowns Illustrated In Color.127 Unnumbered Pages, All Tipped In (Mounted On Stubs). Drawings And Text Reproduced By Albertype Process. First Edition, American Trade Edition. Gilt Bright, Wear To Covers, Ti Ny Frays At Tips, Worn And Split Along Upper And Lower Parts Of Front Joint. Light Foxing In Margins; Small Area Of Faint Tidemark/Waterstain At Center Of Fore Edges Of Pages 107-127.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055247
- Title
- The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam / Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám, The Astronomer-Poet Of Persia, Rendered Into English Verse
- Author
- Omar Khayyam, Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald, Drawings By Elihu Vedder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1884
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Nineteenth Century;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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