Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia Rendered Into English Verse
by Khayyam, Omar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London/New York: Macmillan and Co., 1890. 112 pp. Full vellum with double gold ruled frame on front, gold lettering on spine and blind double rule on rear. Uncut pages with deckled edges. Hinge started at pp. 48-49, but still secure. Slightest rubbing to corners and extremities. Spine and boards have general soiling. End-papers foxed and toned. Text block is clean and square throughout, but for light pencil mark in margins of two pages. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. First separate printing after the fifth printingof 1889. Includes a section with the variations between the Second, Third and Fourth Editions, Comparative Tables, and Notes by the Editor. A handsome early version.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028510
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam The Astronomer-Poet of Persia Rendered Into English Verse
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London/New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Full Leather Vellum Persia Poetry Astronomer-Poet
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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