Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by KHAYAM, Omar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
-
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton, nd(c1920) 1920. -. Hardcover. VG+. DULAC, Edmund. Early reprint. 22.3 x 28.5 cm red cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the front and spine, plain endpapers with 20 tipped in plates by Edmund Dulac each with captioned tissue-guards. A lovely looking copy with bright gilt decoration and firm sharp corners. There is a touch of shelf wear to the bottom edge and spine tips and a faint band of fading to the top 1cm of the front board and rear boards and the spine edge of rear board. Internally there is a bookplate for Major Sir Brunel Cohen, who was both an MP and disabled rights campaingner. Otherwise there are no inscriptions or foxing and just a small smudge in the top corner of the tissue guard to the plate to Quatraine I and a 2mm ink spot to the tissue guard for Quatraine XL. A very presentable copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200570
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- KHAYAM, Omar
- Illustrator
- DULAC, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Edition
- -
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Date Published
- nd(c1920) 1920
- Keywords
- Illustrated|Poetry
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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