Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1922.

Price: US$399.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Hardcover. 4to. 108pp. No dustjacket. First Edition Thus: "First Printed, September, 1922" on copyright page. "Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald." Luxuriously pochoir-colored illustrations by British artist Fish with protective tissue-papers (the tissue paper for Plate 17 is torn but present). One-quarter navy cloth with blue-grey paper boards; illustrated endpapers. Gilt lettering along spine. Previous owner's book stamp on front endpaper. Covers show significant edge wear with rubbing, scuffing and bumped corners. Spine shows rubbing to edges. Pages are predominantly clean and unmarked, lightly tanned with some page-turn soiling marks. Binding cracked but hinges are still intact and pages are all held together tightly.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.

OMAR KHAYYAM. FITZGERALD, Edward.. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1922.

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Description: Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. 108 pp. With Decorations by Fish. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed decorated boards. First of this illustrated edition. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; binding very rubbed and worn at corners and spine; soiled.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Khayyám, Omar. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With Decorations by Fish [d. i. Anne Harriet Fish].. John Lane the Bodley Head LTD, London, 1922.

Price: US$462.87 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Größe: 4° First printed, September, 1922. Printed in Great Britain. Letterpress by the Curwin Press Plaistow, London, E. 13. Plates by Geo. Gibbons & Co., Leicester. 108 S. Liste d. Illustrationen: Frontispiz, u.ill. Titelblatt sowie 18 grossformatige farb. Abb.mit Seidenhemdchen. LXXV farbige Initialen. Laut Verzeichnis, cplt. Goldene Rücken- beschriftung. Fest gebunden, leicht bestossen. Innen sauber. Lesebändchen. Vorderer und hinterer Deckel: schwarz/weiß/gelbe Ornamente mit gold. Sehr schöne art deco Abb. 1237 Gramm.

Seller: muijssonbuch-Versandantiquariat, Lohmar, Germany

Khayyam, Omar. Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald (Illustrated By Anne Harriet Fish). John Lane & Bodley Head, 1922.

Price: US$577.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The First UK Edition thus published by in 1922. The BOOK is in Very Good ++ condition. Quarto, about 11.5 inches (29.5 cm) tall, in bright patterned cloth with gilt spine titling and motif. Some rubbing to the corners and book edges. Slight pushing at the spine tips.Gilt titling remains bright. Hinges beginning to ease but the book remains tight. Orange bookmark still present but separated at the spine end. 108 pages illustrated by 20 colour plates including the second half title, and elaborate initial capitals in orange and black. The plates have tissue guards (which are all present with mild creasing to the first one which is also loose) and the illustrations are imaginative art deco style productions decorated in gilt and silver and in bright colours. All illustrations are present. Frontispiece has minor marking to the edges of the illustration. Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964) was a respected British artist and illustrator. In her nearly 15-year career at Condé Nast, she produced 30 covers and hundreds of illustrations depicting modern society, often cynically. A truly wonderful period illustrated edition of the 'Rubaiyat'. This book often turns up in a plain grey monochrome cover edition. Scarce to find in the true first issue gloriously patterned covers. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom

Omar Khayyám (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. [Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald (31 March 1809 - 14 June 1883)]. Illustrated by Fish (Anne Harriet Fish | Annie Fish (27 March 1890 - 10 October 1964) was a British cartoonist and illustrator. Her illustration of 'Eve' in The Tatler spawned films, theatre and books.. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám | With Decorations by Fish. Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London | Letterpress by the Curwen Press | First Thus Edition . 1922., 1922.

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Description: First thus UK illustrated edition by Anne Harriet Fish hard back binding in publisher's original quarter navy cloth over slate grey cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, cream and orange paisley designed end papers, plates printed by the specialist colour printers George Gibbons and Co., of Leicester. 4to. 11¾'' x 9¼''. The Rubáiyát has 108 pages comprising 75 quatrains enriched with 20 full-page single-sided colour plates, including the second half title, all with tissue-guards and elaborate initial capitals in orange and black by Anne Harriet Fish. Just a touch of foxing to the fore edge and in Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom