RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

1900-2013. Eight separately published works in 14 volumes..
1) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). GLYDE, JOHN. THE LIFE OF EDWARD FITZ-GERALD. (Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1900) 195 x 135 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/8"). Half blue morocco over marbled paper, raised bands, gilt decorated spine compartments. Previous owner's gift inscription. Spine faded, text toned, but very good.

2) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). LETTERS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD TO FANNY KEMBLE: 1871-1883. (London: Macmillan and Company, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902) 185 x 127 mm. (7 1/4 x 5"). Edited by William Aldis Wright. Original maroon cloth, gilt titling on spine, untrimmed edges. Binding somewhat worn and a little loose, stain on title.

3) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). LETTERS AND LITERARY REMAINS OF EDWARD FITZGERALD. (London: Macmillan and Company, 1902) 238 x 158 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/8"). Seven Volumes. No. 1 OF 775 SETS. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Ex-library, with call number on front pastedown of first volume, remnants of bookplate removal, and shadow of spine call number. Very good.

4) (OMAR KHAYYAM CLUB). SOME DOINGS OF THE OMAR KHAYYAM CLUB OF AMERICA. (Boston: Rosemary Press, 1922) 235 x 163 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/2". ONE OF 100 COPIES. Publisher's blue wrappers. Fading around edges, wear on edges and corners, but still an excellent copy of a quite rare and fragile limited edition.

5) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). TERHUNE, ALFRED MCKINLEY. THE LIFE OF EDWARD FITZGERALD: TRASLATOR OF THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Oxford University Press, 1947) 240 x 163 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 3/8"). Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Bookplate of Una Hobson. Very fine in a fine jacket.

6) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). BENSON, A. C. ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS: EDWARD FITZGERALD. (New York: Greenwood Press, 1969) 221 x 143 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 5/8"). Original brown cloth. Fine condition.

7) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). HALBACH, HELEN. ROMANCE OF THE RUBAIYAT: A Comprehensive Directory to the Myriad Editions of the Rubaiyat, the Ephemeron, Edward Fitzgerald, Omar Khayyam and the Lesser Persian Poets. (Santa Barbara, California: Iron Rose Press, 1975) 275 x 215 mm. (10 3/4 x 8 1/2"). No. 59 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's pink wrappers with printed black decoration. Original black spine tape missing, with glue residue revealed, a hint of soil to covers, otherwise a very nice copy of a useful reference work.

8) (REFERENCE WORKS, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM). EDWARD FITZGERALD: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HIS BOOKS, ETC. (Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2013) 223 x 148 mm. (8 7/8 x 5 3/4"). Original black paper, green paper dust jacket. Fine in soiled but very good jacket. A facsimile of the 1899 printing..