1907 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

An illustrated limited edition collection of the letters of Horace Walpole, totalling over two thousands letters written during his lifetime. A limited edition, limited to one hundr...

A fine Bayntun-Riviere set of Anthony Trollope's noted series 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire'. With an illustrated frontispiece to all volumes. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an...

A superb copy of the first impression of of T. E. Lawrence's iconic autobiography, with the scarce Memorial pamphlet. The first trade edition of this work, first impression. In the...

An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed bindings by Tout. An extra illustrated four volume edition of this landmark work ...

A beautiful Riviere bound copy of this popular natural history work by ornithologist Gilbert White. An exceptionally bound work, with natural history motifs gilt tooled to the spine....

A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists. The twelve vo...

1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in full blue morocco with the cover displaying a central floral crest in gilt-too...

1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in full brown morocco with the cover displaying floral gilt-tooled detailing with red inlay. The spines display raised ba...

1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound by Whitman Bennet Binderies in 3/4 purple morocco and decorative boards, bordered...

2 Volumes. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. First Edition. Bound by Pagnant in full brown morocco with the covers displaying ornate bordering and central floral gilt-tool...

From the library of John A. Spoor an elegantly bound Rubáiyát by Club Bindery. Omar Khayyám, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Third Edition. 8vo, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (210 x 153 mm); xxiv, 36, (xiv) pp. Beautiful dark maroon morocco binding by Club Bindery 1892 (gold stamped on bottom of inside cover), gilt titling and gilt fillets on turn-ins and board edges, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Pictorial bookplate of John A. Spoor 1921 on inside front cover by Emery Walker. Elegantly printed with text within decorative frames on each page. Spine lightly rubbed, small tear to the inside front endpaper. [Potter, 137] Condition: Near Fine Edward Fitzgerald continually revised and rearranged his version of the Rubáiyát, which was first published privately by the author in 1859, through four distinct editions during his lifetime. This third edition settled on 101 quatrains (as opposed to 75 in the first edition and 110 in the second), which is how it solidified. 500 copies were printed. A RARITY. In this third edition the translator is not credited on the title page, nor is the introductory text. Fitzgerald said of his Persian translations that they were "All very well, but very little affairs..." (from the Bibliographical Note in the 1926 Shakespeare Head Press edition, which we are offering, inventory #416) This copy bears the bookplate of Chicago business mogul John A. Spoor. An avid book collector, he assembled a notable and impressive book collection during the late 19th and early 20th century, which was auctioned in 1939 by Parke-Bernet New York over the course of 6 days. The Morgan Library holds a number of books with the Spoor bookplate in its collections. This bookplate was engraved by Emery Walker (1851 – 1933), an engraver, publisher and photographer active in the Arts and Crafts movement, whose work in type design inspired the evolution of private presses in the UK, among them William Morris' Kelmscott...

1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyát of Omar Kháyyám. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. The spine displays raised bands, bordering, floral pane...