RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

1872-1959. 11 separately published works in 12 volumes..
1) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872) 218 x 163 mm. (8 5/5 x 6 1/2"). Third Edition. Original roan-backed cloth. Potter 137. Wear on spine, darkening of edges of cover, but still nearly an excellent copy.

2) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1878) 175 x 130 mm. (6 3/4 x 5"). First Published American Edition from the Third London Edition. One of 500 copies printed. Publisher's reddish-brown cloth with gilt and black titling and decoration. Bookplate of Church Periodical Club. Potter 200 (variant binding). Minor defects, but near fine.

3) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: L. C. Page and Company, London: Macmillan and Company, 1898) 210 x 145 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 3/4"). Two volumes. Edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. Multi-Variorum Edition. Original white cloth with red and gilt decoration, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, publisher's red oil cloth dust jacket. Eight illustrations by multiple artists. Potter 576. Jacket spines a bit sunned, otherwise a beautiful copy of the first trade edition of "the first extensive scientific edition."

4) HERON-ALLEN, EDWARD, Translator. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Bernard Quaritch and Boston: L. C. Page, 1899) 260 x 173 mm. (10 1/4 x 6 3/4"). Translated by Edward Heron-Allen. 2,000 copies for Great Britain and 500 copies for America. Pebble-grain green cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Frontispiece and decorations by Ella Hallward. Potter 564. Endleaves spotted, extremities with some wear, but still in pleasing condition.

5) THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900) 210 x 153 mm. (8 1/4 x 6"). Translated by Edward Fitzgerald, E. H. Whinfield, and Justin Huntly McCarthy. Publisher's navy cloth with elaborate gilt decoration, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Owner's signature. Spine dulled, rear cover a bit soiled and marked; very good.

6) BJERREGAARD, C. H. A., Translator. SUFI INTERPRETATIONS OF THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM AND FITZGERALD. (New York: J. F. Taylor and Company, 1902) 306 x 240 mm. (12 1/2 x 9 3/8"). Original gray paper boards, fore- and tail-edges untrimmed. French-fold text. Spine lettering faded (as on all copies), otherwise very nearly fine.

7) THOMPSON, EBEN FRANCIS, Translator. THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Worcester, Massachusetts: The Commonwealth Press, 1906) 248 x 168 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/2"). FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 435 COPIES SIGNED BY THOMPSON. Beige cloth with gilt titling. Near fine.

8) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Macmillan and Company, 1907) 205 x 140 mm. (8 1/8 x 5 1/2"). Maroon morocco over red cloth, spine with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments. Gift inscription on fly leaf from December 16th 1916. Joints slightly rubbed, front joint starting, contents fine.

9) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1909) 210 x 155 mm. (8 1/2 x 6 1/8"). Original wrappers. Facsimile of the first printing. Spine paper missing in multiple places, otherwise excellent.

10) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM: THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA. (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1921) 205 x 140 mm. (8 x 5 1/2"). Original blue cloth with elaborate gilt frame encompassing an image of a man reading, top edge gilt. "Complete edition showing variants in the five original printings." Excellent copy.

11) FITZGERALD'S RUBAIYAT: CENTENNIAL EDITION. (Maine: Colby College Press, 1959) 222 x 148 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). Edited by Carl J. Weber and Compiled by James Humphery III. Original cloth-backed stiff paper boards. "Reynolds Horpel" stamped on front pastedown. Nearly fine..