The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
by Fitzgerald, Edward & Pogany, Willy (Omar Khayyam):
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap, 1954 Reprint. HB. Red decorative cloth with black titles to spine and front, and blue-green decorative dustjacket with same motifs to front (Islamic columns and floral motifs to borders) 94pp, 14 x 9.5 cm. With 8 colour plates from paintings by Willy Pogany. Each page of cream paper has orange decorations printed on, and the title page has the same decorative motifs as the cover and jacket, printed in brown on yellow. An attractive little volume. Very Good book in Good jacket. Clean covers, with light rubbing and fading to cloth edges. Pages clean but endpapers browned and with small spot marks. Jacket has small losses to spine ends and corners, a few small spots,
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- Bookseller
- David Ford Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33376
- Title
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Edward & Pogany, Willy (Omar Khayyam):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George G. Harrap, 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
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David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
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