Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Illustrated in Colour and Line by Rene Bull
by Fitzgerald, Edward (Translator)
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. No Date[1913]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Tan boards with gilt and blue decorations. Light rubbing to spine ends and corner. Mild offset to free endpapers. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Nineteen 189 pages. Ten full page tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards intact. Nineteen inlaid small colour plates and numerous line illustrations in blue introduce each quatrain. Each quatrain is printed on a single page. The full-page colour plates are bordered with gold decorations and the inlays with black or blue decorations. All plates are present and in lovely condition. Rene Bull was a talented artist and cartoonist and was noted for his great abilities as a comic draughtsman and a brilliant illustrator of fairy tales. . 1st Trade Edition. Hardback.
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- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB321541
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Illustrated in Colour and Line by Rene Bull
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Edward (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No Date[1913]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Poetry;
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia
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Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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