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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam; Louis Untermeyer [Editor]; Mahmoud Sayam [Illustrator]; Edward Fitzgerald [Translator];
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x5x0. BLUE MOROCCO LEATHER BINDING with sun fading along spine edge. Gilt lettering on red background on cover and along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for owner signature on FFEP and owner name in gilt on front cover. No dust jacket. Ribbon. Three gilt edges. 221 pages with 12 colour illustrated plates by Robert Stewart Sherriffs. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Imperial Books and Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034075
- Title
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Omar Khayyam; Louis Untermeyer [Editor]; Mahmoud Sayam [Illustrator]; Edward Fitzgerald [Translator];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1947-01-01
- Size
- 9x5x0
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
Terms of Sale
Imperial Books and Collectibles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Imperial Books and Collectibles
Biblio member since 2012
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
About Imperial Books and Collectibles
Imperial Books and Collectibles, LLC is a partnership of retired professionals and avid collectors who are liquidating their own collections of books while assisting others to market their books both online and in a retail outlet under the "ImperialBks" banner. In business since 2010, ImperialBks has sold over ten thousand of high quality paper items through various channels with a uniformly high degree of customer satisfaction. Our mission is to treat both clients and customers like royalty, giving great value and personal attention to each.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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....
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