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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Fitzgerald [Edward] & Fish [Anne Harriet Fish Sefton].

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

Published: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1922

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $180

Approximately:

Estimate: $460-500

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: Ireland

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1 volume. First edition 1922. 

Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald.

20 colour plates by Anne Harriet Fish Sefton.

Printed at the Curwen Press. 

Scarce to find in the true first issue gloriously patterned covers.

Publisher's bright patterned cloth with gilt spine title and motif.

Untrimmed page-blocks.

Patterened endpapers.

Title vignette.

Orange cloth page-marker.

108 pages comprising 75 quatrains. 

20 colour plates with tissue-guards.

Second half title, elaborate initial capitals in orange and black.

The illustrations are imaginative art deco style productions

decorated in gilt and silver in bright colours. 

Omar Khayyám [18 May 1048-4 December 1131] was a

Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher. and poet.

Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald

[31 March 1809-14 June 1883]. Illustrated by Ann Harriet

Fish [27 March 1890-10 October 1964] was a British cartoonist

and illustrator. Her illustration of 'Eve' in The Tatler spawned films,

theatre and books. 

Recorded shipping weight 1500g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 25 x 22 cm


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