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London: Macmillan & Co, 1902. Reissue of the first edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt title to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper. Eleventh-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam composed more than one thousand quatrains, or rubaiyat, on love and mortality, expressing an enigmatic theology that has been interpreted and disputed over the course of centuries. Scholar Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), first translator and author of five separate English versions of the Rubaiyat, did not produce strict translations as much as loose "transmogrifications" of the poetry, often taking great liberties with the original Persian text. Nevertheless, he remains the most famous of Omar Khayyam's translators, and is credited with bringing the Rubaiyat to broad public notice in the English-speaking world.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1909. Limited edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, original publisher's gold-stamped vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 20 intricate full color plates tipped in to decorated Japanese vellum mounts with lettered tissue guards. This edition is limited to two hundred copies, for the United States of America, of which this is number 188. In near fine condition. Eleventh-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam composed more than one thousand quatrains, or rubaiyat, on love and mortality, expressing an enigmatic theology that has been interpreted and disputed over the course of centuries. Scholar Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), first translator and author of five separate English versions of the Rubaiyat, did not produce strict translations as much as loose "transmogrifications"… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1909. First edition. Near fine in very good box.. First edition thus, illustrated by Pogany: a magnificent copy of a particularly lavish production of the Rubáiyát, in the original pictorial box. The first of four editions Pógany would illustrate, this RUBAIYAT stands out for its great beauty, even in a field of contemporary editions illustrated by fellow Golden Age illustrators like Dulac and Charles Ricketts. It is a testament to Pogány's extraordinarily productive years in London before the outbreak of the first World War. Rare in this binding and box. . 11'' x 7.5''. Original full limp brown suede with decorative gilt stamping. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Copper silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Calligraphy 24 tipped-in color plates by Pógany. Lithographed by Vincent Day. Minor scattered foxing; fraying to ribbon. In original publisher's box with pictorial paste-on. Scuffing and tape repairs to box.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1909. Signed limited edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, original publisher's gold-stamped vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 20 intricate full color plates tipped in to decorated Japanese vellum mounts with lettered tissue guards. This edition is limited to seven hundred and fifty copies signed by Edmund Dulac, of which this is number 212. In near fine condition. Eleventh-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam composed more than one thousand quatrains, or rubaiyat, on love and mortality, expressing an enigmatic theology that has been interpreted and disputed over the course of centuries. Scholar Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), first translator and author of five separate English versions of the Rubaiyat, did not produce strict translations as much as loose… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, c. 1920. Magnificent edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald and with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 12 full color plates tipped with tissue guards. In fine condition. A nice presentation. Eleventh-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam composed more than one thousand quatrains, or rubaiyat, on love and mortality, expressing an enigmatic theology that has been interpreted and disputed over the course of centuries. Scholar Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), first translator and author of five separate English versions of the Rubaiyat, did not produce strict translations as much as loose "transmogrifications" of the poetry, often taking great liberties with the original Persian text. Nevertheless, he remains the most famous of Omar Khayyam's translators, and is credited… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1909. FIRST DULAC EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.6 inches). 20 mounted colour plates on thick art paper, framed with decorative border design. Each plate covered with printed tissue paper guard. Finely bound in early full white vellum binding. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling and red morocco label, lettered and decorated in gilt. Front board lettered in dark brown in English and Arabic and with decorative outer corners in brown, within gilt ruled lines. Marbled endpapers printed in gold and brown on white paper. Etched illustrated bookplate, dated 1931, to the front pastedown. Some toning to the vellum but overall a very good and attractive copy of this beautiful book. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a skilled binder. ----- Hughey. Edmund Dulac. His book illustrations. A Bibliography; 21a.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. First edition. The poem taken from the second Quaritch edition of the 19th century (with the additional quatrains added). 20 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac mounted on cream colored sheets with elaborate border designs, another border design encloses each page of the text. 4to, publisher’s original full white polished buckram lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt on spine and upper cover. The decorated cover depicts a wreath, composed at the top of two peacocks and at the bottom, of two elephants facing. A wonderful copy of this very beautifully produced book, the text block and plates all in very fine condition, the white cloth still very fresh and very bright, the giltwork sharp and very well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THE WONDERFUL ISSUE ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC. Announced in June 1909, Edward Fitzgerald’s translation of the 12th century Persian RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, newly illustrated by Edmund Dulac, became the Gift Book… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, [ca.1909]. First edition thus, from the second Quaritch un-illustrated edition (with the additional quatrains). 20 beautiful full page color plates by Edmund Dulac. 4to, publisher’s original full red cloth lettered and elaborately decorated in pictorial designs in gilt on the spine and upper cover. A very bright, clean and handsome copy with exceptional color plates. FIRST EDITION IN THE BRIGHT RED CLOTH. Announced in June 1909, Edward Fitzgerald’s translation of the 12th century Persian RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, newly illustrated by Edmund Dulac, became the Gift Book of the year. Each page of verses or quatrains was printed on heavy paper surrounded by delicate borders and was frequently interspersed with Dulac’s evocative paintings. After the RUBAIYAT’S publication in America, its US publisher wrote of the book.”In point of excellence of art, popularity, distinction and profit the crowning achievement...was the publication of the Fitzgerald… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton. London. No Date. Circa 1918. EARLY DULAC EDITION. Large 8vo. (7.9 x 5.9 inches). viii,189p. Finely illustrated with 12 fine coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, tipped on to thick buff paper with a triple ruled brown border. Each plate with a printed tissue guard. Two plates have been re-inserted and there is a little damage to the inner margin of the relevant tissue guards. Finely bound in beautiful early full tan calf binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Raised bands to spine, each with gilt piping. Compartments rulled and decorated in gilt. Brown morocco label, gilt. Gilt ruled line border to boards with decorative blind tooled roll and gilt decoration to the front panel. Board edges with single gilt ruled lines. Turn-ins ruled and decorated in gilt. Purple and gold patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. Attractive illustrated bookplate of previous owner to the front pastedown endpaper. Some very minimal rubbing to the extremities and the spine is darkened but generally this is an… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. First trade edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with English Verse from Edward Fitzgerald's second translated edition and illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, original publisher's gold-stamped cloth, gilt tltles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, title page on Japanese vellum, with 20 intricate full color plates tipped in to decorated Japaneses vellum mounts with lettered tissue guards. In near fine condition. Eleventh-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam composed more than one thousand quatrains, or rubaiyat, on love and mortality, expressing an enigmatic theology that has been interpreted and disputed over the course of centuries. Scholar Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883), first translator and author of five separate English versions of the Rubaiyat, did not produce strict translations as much as loose "transmogrifications" of the poetry, often taking great liberties with the original Persian text.… Read More

Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 1952. Reprint. Leatherbound in clamshell case. Near Fine/Clamshell: Near Fine. Edmund Dulac. 8vo. Pp. 191. Illustrated with twelve full color plates. Binding by Cross: full polished black morocco, titles and decorations stamped in gilt on the spine with five raised bands, hand colored illustration behind Cosway oval window, decorated endpapers, white silk bookmark bound-in, edges gilt. Spine ends rubbed. In the beige velvet-lined clamshell case covered in black cloth, titles stamped in gilt on black morocco label on the spine. Corners lightly rubbed. Reprints of the first, second, fifth, and variations in the third edition of FitzGerald's translations with biographical preface. Dulac's illustrations for the Rubáiyát were first published in 1909. A handsome issue, splendidly bound and well preserved.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [circa 1920]. [Metaphysical Poetry] EDMUND DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION, a later printing. Text follows the second edition of Fitzgerald's English translation. Quarto (28 x 23cm), unpaginated. With 20 tipped in colour plates by Dulac and green border decoration, all with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth, illustrated dust-jacket. Book is fine with trivial marks to cloth; jacket very good with a few chips to spine tips. Omar Khayyam was an astronomer and a poet in Persia, born at Naishapur in Khorassan in the middle of the eleventh century. The French artist Dulac, along with contemporaries Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Harry Clarke and Warwick Goble was a highly regarded book illustrator, noted for his fantasy drawing, prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration" (the first quarter or so of the twentieth century). His other works include The Arabian Nights, Treasure Island, Andersen's Fairy Tales, and works by Shakespeare,… Read More

London: Macmillan and Company, 1936. Later Edition. Cloth. Very good. Finely bound copy of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia.. Twelvemo, 111pp. Stated "Reprinted... 1936" on copyright page. Three-quarter blue morocco, cloth boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Riviere & Son. Previous bookseller plate of Brentano's affixed to rear endpaper. Solid text block, light wear to edges, sunning to spine. Previous ownership inscription on front flyleaf.

London [circa 1920]: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920. Early Reprint . Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Large Format, Printed On One Side Of Pages Only, All Plates With Printed Tissue Guards. Publisher's Red Cloth,11 1/8" Tall, Ornately Gilt, Rebacked To Style With Calligraphic Title In English. Ownership Name "Noel Langley Ex Libris Xmas 1928" In Large, Elaborated Letters In Green Ink On Front Endpaper, And Small Old Bookseller's Label Of T. W. Griggs And Co, Durban, On Rear Pastedown. Noel Langley (December 25, 1911 - November 4, 1980) Was An American Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter And Director. While Under Contract To Mgm He Was One Of The Screenwriters For The Wizard Of Oz. He Was Chosen For The Job On The Basis Of His Children's Story, The Tale Of The Land Of Green Ginger - A Children's Classic Which Has Seldom Been Out Of Print Since It Was First Published In 1937. However, His Finished Script For The Wizard Of Oz Was Somewhat Revised By Florence… Read More

(Singapore): Lotus Library Publications, (1918). First edition thus. One of 1000 numbered copies. Quarto. [84] pp. with 17 full page illustrations by Sterling. Publisher's quarter green cloth over sage silk boards with elaborate gilt lettering on front. Some light extremity wear but a very good exemplar.This was the first Lotus Library publication. It is quite a different take than the illustrated Rubaiyats of Dulac, Pogany and others. This edition, with illustrations by Sterling does not take place in the Middle East or indeed any area associated with Islam. The characters drawn are all Chinese and furthermore the Sterling illustrations seem to focus excessively on opium use.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [circa 1920]. [Illustrated Metaphysical Poetry] DULAC ILLUSTRATED, a later printing. Quarto (33 x 24cm), unpaginated. With 20 tipped in colour plates by Dulac, all with captioned tissue guards, and green border decoration. Publisher's red buckram, with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. Some toning and spotting to endpapers. A little light toning and a few minor marks throughout. Light wear to cloth. Near fine. Omar Khayyam was an astronomer and a poet in Persia, born at Naishapur in Khorassan in the middle of the eleventh century. The French artist Dulac, along with contemporaries Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Harry Clarke and Warwick Goble was a highly regarded book illustrator, noted for his fantasy drawing, prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration" (the first quarter or so of the twentieth century). His other works include The Arabian Nights, Treasure Island, Andersen's Fairy Tales, and works by Shakespeare, Bronte, Edgar Allan… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First Trade Edition. Illustrated with 20 tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Tissue guards intact. Bound in full cream buckram with gilt titles and front board illustration. Very Good plus, with a slight lean, lightly soiled and foxed boards, and a bookplate and gift inscription on the front pastedown and first leaf.

New York.: Hodder and Stoughton., No date. “Reprinted from the second edition with the kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Ivory cloth, gilt embossed decorations and titles.. Very good, covers lightly soiled, slightly shaken but all firmly attached.. 28.5x22 cm.. Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 3.4 lb. 20 tipped in fine color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.

London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2007. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Overview of the illustrated editions of Fitgerald's Rubaiyat, part 1 being a survey of the great book illustrators and their images for the Rubaiyat (C Robinson, Dulac, Pogany, Sullivan, Szyk, Persian miniatures, etc), part 2 presents the full quatrains 1-75 each accompanied by a variety of illustrations; appendices include Publishers and Illustrators, Published versions, Omar Khayyam, and Edward Fitzgerald; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto. 191 pages. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. Publisher's decorative green cloth stamped in gold and in blind, designed and signed by Frank Hazenplug. Lacking front free endpaper, one loose gathering at front, back hinge is partially split (holding snug), lacking one plate (Quatrain XI, facing p. 18), else very good, with Hazenplug's binding and front cover pictorial design in fine condition.