The Rubaiyat

  • East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1904
By Khayyam, Omar
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1904. Roycrofters edition. Oblong sextodecimo [12.5 cm x 18 cm] Limp tan suede yapp binding with a gilt stamped brown leather label on the front panel. Top edge gilt. Very good. The spine and edges of the wraps are faded, and the front satin pastedown has mostly come away from the front wrap. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald and with a forty page introduction by Clarence S. Darrow. A lovely edition of the classic work, printed and bound by Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Press.

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