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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald with Illustrations By Willy Pogany
by Fitzgerald, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York (1930): Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Full-Leather. Quarto, SIGNED 3 times by Willy Pogany; number 222 of 500 copies for America and 750 copies for sale in England. Bound in full green morocco, with a small red and gilt circular device on front panel; top edge gilt, others uncut, printed on fine hand-made paper; with 12 mounted color plates. Inscribed on half-title "To Major Parker Cromwell Kelloch with my best compliments / Xmas 1930 / Willy Pogany." Signed again on the limitation page and a third time on the frontis, which is an original dry point etching by Mr. Pogany. A lovely, near fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7744
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald with Illustrations By Willy Pogany
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York (1930)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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