Search Results: the rubaiyat of omar khayyam and by fitzgerald edward translator

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1961. Later Printing. Flexible Imitation Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In red cloth with gilt titling, 12mo 320pp. (short gift inscription to preliminary page).

Random House, 1/1/1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Thomas Y. Crowell. Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Front inner hinge cracked. Faint dampstaining along lower edges of pages. Rubbing to corners and spine ends. Endpapers tanned. ; 288 pages .

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Fair. N.D.. Leather. Leather torn at the top of the spine. Cover stained. ; Sued leather ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

W. B. Conkey, January 1900. Hardcover. Good.

NY: Random House, 1947. No markings, Very Good used copy; no dust jacket as published; lacking the slipcase. Pattern of grapes and leaves on dk red cl, gold spine title, xxii, 149pp. Patterned endpapers, text is set in an elaborated decorative border. Colour illus by Mahmoud Sayah. Intro by Louis Untermeyer. (1.6 JM LVR 205/4. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

New York: Random House, 1947. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Sayah, Mahmoud. Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine faded, slipcase corners a bit rubbed. 1947 Hard Cover. xxii, 149 pp. Illustrated by Mahmoud Sayah with decorative margins. Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements but chiefly known to English-speaking readers through the translation of a collection of his robāʿīyāt ('quatrains') in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859), by the English writer Edward FitzGerald. His name Khayyam (“Tentmaker”) may have been derived from his father’s trade. He received a good education in the sciences and philosophy in his native NeyshābÅ«r before traveling to Samarkand (now in Uzbekistan), where he completed the algebra treatise,… Read More

London: Collins, 1971. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Timeless Masterpiece of Philosophical Poetry by Omar Khayyam in the splendid translations of Edward Fitzgerald. Frontis is a Portrait of Fitzgerald. 320 Pages. Previous owner's name on blank preliminary page. Brown cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. Protected in plastic jacket. 7 1/4" Tall. Boards a little warped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Burt, NY, undated., 1900. Leather. Fair/No Dj. 12 mo., frontis of Fitzgerald engraving. Very old book bound in thin leather with gilt lettering. Somewhat dilapidated: Leather is chipping and loose and torn at edges. Interior is good reading copy. The Salaman and Absal of Jami. Paper is peeling off inside of back leather. 279 pp. 31 page biographical preface. Book appears to be from 1880's or early 1900's. 31 page preface. green spine, green and white decorative leaf boards.

Cosimo Classics, 2005-11-01. Paperback. Good.

Cosimo Classics, 2005-11-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Cosimo Classics, 2009-11-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Cosimo Classics, 2009-11-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1897. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good copy in the (very attractive) original green cloth elaborately decorated with floral designs in gilt, top edge gilt (minor wear; ink inscription on endpaper dated 1897). 288 pages + plate. Spine and upper cover title: Rubaiyat. Possible later issue; includes the texts of the first and the fifth editions of FitzGerald's reworkings of Omar Khayyam, as well as his translation of Jami's poem, with supplemental material (biographical preface signed 'M. K.'; Tennyson's poem ('To E. FitzGerald'); table of textual variations and comparative table of stanzas in the first 4 edition of the Rubaiyat; FitzGerald's 'Life of Jami' and the 'Letter to Professor Cowell'; notes by FitzGerald and editor Wright; plus an appendix for 'Salaman and Absal'). Date is conjectural (not dated in book). 1 b/w Frontispiece (portrait).

New York, NY Thomas Y. Crowell , 1934. Hardcover Very Good+ to Near Fine: The Book shows just a tick of wear to the top edge of the rear panel; a former owner's name inscribed at the upper front free endpaper; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of imperfections. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The Green, heavy cardstock box with titles at designs at the front panel remains attractive and intact, but the corners have been reinforced with clear cellophane tape and the bottom (unprinted) portion of the box is the same green, but does not fit the upper part exactly and is probably a later replacement and the original must have been damaged or otherwise lost. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (10.2 x 7.7 x 0.55… Read More

Illustrated August Henkel. Willey Book Cpy. N.Y. 1944 (Reprint). 24mo, 112pp. Hardcover, or cl; text in vg cond. Intro & notes, translation of "The Kasidah" by Sir Richard Burton, col frontis, 4 other full page col plates.

NY, Thomas Crowell Company, 1934, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Willy Pogang. Royal octavo, hardcover, near fine in red and gilt decorative boards in (rare) edgeworn gold dj with the same peacock bird on cover as on boards. . Ornate title page; 4 b & w illustrations on endpapers with WillyP signature printed; beautifully illustrated.with tipped-in color paintings and numerous B&W head and tail-pieces 175 pp. No date, but price on dj is $3.

New York: Three Sirens Press, 1930. Book. Illus. by Sullivan, Edmund J.. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Three Sirens. No publication date, c. 1930. 8vo. Decorative black cloth binding with green vine and bottle of wine. Green endpapers. 193 pp. Mystical black and white full-page illustrations by Sullivan throughout. Previous owner bookplate. Very good..

London: Simpkin, Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd., 1904 approx but n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good. Colour frontis tipped onto vine & grape borders by Bernard Way.. 182x135mm brown cloth brightly gilt to cover and spine (slight wear to tips & hinges). Printed in red and black in 75 verses by McLagan & Cumming Chromo-Lithographers & Printers Edinburgh. Gift inscription to fly leaf, clean and tight.

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1930. Hardback, original decorated cloth. 25.5 x 19.5cm. 171pp, [3]. 12 tipped-in colour plates by Pogany and numberous gold and black block illustrations. Binding rather rubbed and grubby. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Contents clean.. Hard Cover. Good.