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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia
by Khayyam, Omar; FitzGerald, Edward (translator)
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Publishing House of Henry T. Coates and Company, 1898. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fair/No Jacket. Text of Fitzgerald's fourth translation with a preface by Talcott Williams. 5 x 7 inches. 75pp., bound in full brown flexible polished calf stamped in gilt,with the top edge gilt. Includes a beautiful b/w frontispiece. A Fair copy with moderate chipping and wear to the binding; a crease lengthwise down the front cover and shaken text.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 612527
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar; FitzGerald, Edward (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Publishing House of Henry T. Coates and Company
- Date Published
- 1898
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Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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