About this title: When Edward Fitzgerald translated these 11th-century Persian poems in 1859 they became something of a sensation after one admiring reader passed them on to his friends--a circle that included Browning, Rosetti, and Tennyson. Omar Khayyam was famous in his own day as a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and although his mathematical ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: W M Collins Sons & Co
Date Published: 2005
Description: Fair. Rare Books. Undated, circa. Burgandy hardcovers with gilted design and titling to fron t cover and spine, bumped top/bottom of spine. Some darker staining to edg e of spine and top edges of hardcovers. Dust jacket included although has s mall tears around top/bottom edge of book. The glowing poetry breathes the incense and mysticism of old Persia. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780753826782ISBN:075382678X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 160 pages. The best-loved, best-selling poem ever published is reissued in a bicentennial edition with a sumptuous new look. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins, London
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. Either a dedication or name and address in early pages; rest Hardback complete with dustcover, unclipped. some wear to edges of DJ; rest All in good condition; read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780753826782ISBN:075382678X
Description: New. Now reissued on the 150th anniversary of its original publication, Edward FitzGerald's translation of the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam--the best-selling English poem of all time--with a special plus: FitzGerald's translation of the charming 12th-centur... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Publishing
Date Published: 1950
Description: Edmund J. Sullivan. Good. No dust jacket. Good condition overall. Binding is solid and uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked, but with some very minor indentations to some of the back pages. Some overall tanning to pages due to age. Covers are good with edge wear and shelf wear. Back cover has a couple light creases to lower corner. Some rubbing along spine. Despite a few minor flaws this book is still in great and collectible condition. Every other page is illustrated. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Saint Dunstan Society, New York
Description: Octavo. No date. A reprint of the rare first edition of the translation of Edward Fitzgerald from The Universal Classic Library. pp 13-28. Covers stained, else a very good copy. read more
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Heron Books
Date Published: 1998
Description: VG. Hardcover, Olive faux leather covered boards with gilt lettering/trim. Very good condition. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781120014993ISBN:1120014999
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 11 by 8 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00150 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heritage Club, Great Britain
Date Published: 1940
Description: Arthur Szyk. Very good in very good dust jacket. un-no'd p. Includes illustrations. 8 full color illustrations by Arthur Szyk are tipped in. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Golden Eagle Press
Date Published: 1938
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. gift inscription-, Hard Cover, Very Good / read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London
Date Published: 1904
Description: Gilbert James. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 5¾"-7¾" Tall. Thisi is a Very Good Copy of this Edition of 'Omar Khayyam' containing 12 photogravure's by Gilbert James, in original lavish pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front boards, with gold motif design to upper cover and blue stamped gilt ruled border design also to upper cover, top edge gilt, a little foxing to fore-edge and at intermittent intervals internally, all plates have tissue guards. The book has one small owner's name ... read more
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, London
Description: William G. Easton. Fair. Hardback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Red cloth binding with gilt titles. Decorations in B&W. Frontispiece has been partly coloured-in. Covers are a bit worn, i.e. edges rubbed and bumped plus small slit to spine joint, Spine and part of covers faded. Front inner hinge is partly split. Gift inscription. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins, London
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. First Edition. Deluxe edition on blue morrocan leather with illustrated red embedded frontpiece gilt scrolled square highly collectable and would make a marvellos gift. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George G Harrap & Co
Date Published: 1916
Description: William G Easton Fitzgerald. Fair. No Jacket. 24mo-over 5"-5¾" tall. 1916 small bottle green and black hardcover with frontispiece of Fitzgerald. Condition: acceptable to good: cover scuffed and faded at edges, pages are slightly foxed yet remain tightly bound | read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins Clear Type Press
Description: Fine. Very good hardcover in red faux leather with slipcase. Silver embossed printing on spine and front. Front printing mildly faded. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald, Introduction by Laurence Housman and illustrated by Marjorie Anderson. Splendid copy-unmarked, bright and clean-binding tight and square. Poetry is described as First Edition, 1859. read more
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