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Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding—Edward Fitzgerald, translator

Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding—Edward Fitzgerald, translator Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A.C. Benson... Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. Bushey, Herts: Engraved & Printed by André & Sleigh Ltd, [1911] SIGNED BY THE BINDERS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER ("F. Sangorski | G. Sutcliffe"), folio (341 x 247 mm), on japan vellum, plates, illustrations, and initials printed in gold and colours, text printed in red and black, original vellum gilt, elaborate peacock design in gilt to upper cover, peacock features, flowers, and clouds all heightened with hand-colouring, lower left-hand corner of upper cover numbered "R[egistered] D[esign] No. 562943", gilt spine with black morocco title label and "SIEGEL, HILL, & CO." lettered in gilt at foot, top edge gilt, others uncut, maroon silk moiré endpapers, inner dentelles, original fretwork clasps, each studded with three amethysts, housed in contemporary fleece-lined cloth green cloth box, some marginal soiling, lower clasp slightly damaged, some wear to cloth case A HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE DECORATIVE BINDING BY THE LEGENDARY ARTISANS ACCLAIMED AS THE "ROLLS ROYCE OF BOOKBINDING". The present copy appears to be from the deluxe issue of 25 copies on japan vellum, issued by Siegle, Hill & Co. in 1911, though there is no limitation page present. Standard edition copies were issued in a limited edition of 550 numbered copies, but lack several key features found on the present copy, namely: hand-colouring to the upper cover, padded silk endpapers, and decorative clasps.

View 1 of Lot 85: Edward Fitzgerald, translator | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam..., Bushey, [1911], Sangorski & Sutcliffe original vellum, elaborately gilt with jewelled clasps, signed by Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe

edward fitzgerald, translator | the rubaiyat of omar khayyam..., bushey, [1911], sangorski & sutcliffe original vellum, elaborately gilt with jewelled clasps, signed by francis sangorski and george sutcliffe

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2 sheets of Japanese vellum (each 2 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.; 60 x 118mm).  One sheet printed in red and black on recto and verso; the other printed in black only on recto only, folded for binding but not cut; first sheet with minor wear one corner, second sheet with some soiling. 

(miniature book).  two different proof sheets for the rubaiyat of omar khayyam.  [paris, 1929]

A GREAT BRITISH COLLECTION: The pictures collected by Sir David and Lady Scott, sold to benefit the Finnis Scott Foundation

illustration to the rubaiyat of omar khayyam

English Literature, History, Science, Childrens Books and Illustrations

large 8vo, eight full-page engravings by Buckland-Wright, NO. 21 OF 30 COPIES WITH FIVE EXTRA ENGRAVINGS AND FACSIMILES OF THE MONK-LATIN MANUSCRIPT LOOSE IN WALLET IN LOWER COVER (out of a total edition of 300), signed by Ross, Ganz and Buckland-Wright, handmade paper, original cream morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, cockerel in gilt on upper cover, top edge gilt

the rubáiyat of omar khayyam translated by edward fitzgerald...together with fitzgerald's monk-latin version...translations of the latin...by sir e. denison ross. introduction by charles ganze. line engravings by john buckland-wright. the golden cockerel press, 1938

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(Sangorski & Sutcliffe) — Omar Khayyam — Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)

(Sangorski & Sutcliffe) — Omar Khayyam — Edward Fitzgerald (trans.) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the Salaman and Asbal of Jami; Rendered into English Verse. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1879 Small 8vo (174 x 127 mm). Frontispiece illustration, printed decorative borders. In a jeweled binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, crushed blue morocco, elaborately gilt, incorporating varicolored morocco onlays, lizard skin, and semiprecious stones (likely turquoise, moonstone, and jade), the upper board with a central panel featuring an image of a peacock in a landscape with a palace in the background, the lower board with a central panel featuring an image of a snake in a garden with a silver moon in the night sky above, both panels surrounded by geometric and floral motif borders, the spine in six compartments with two dark green morocco labels, dark blue morocco doublures with red and green onlays and gilt floral designs, dark green morocco endpapers with gilt-stamped sun and moon designs and stanzas from the Rubaiyat; tiny spots of wear at the lower corners, a one-inch superficial crack in the leather at the bottom of the front joint. Housed in a velvet lined dark blue Morocco clamshell case; worn. A sumptuously bound copy of the fourth edition of Edward Fitzgerald’s lyrical translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Fitzgerald’s translation was, in the late-nineteenth century, among the most popular books of poetry in the English-speaking world. Sangorski & Sutcliffe’s intricate jeweled bindings, which harken back to medieval bookbinding traditions, were among the firm’s most lavish productions. This mosaicked design binding features the symbols of a peacock and a snake, rendered in lizard skin, representatives of the spiritual soul and worldly ego.

View 1 of Lot 424: (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) — Omar Khayyam — Edward Fitzgerald (trans.) | The Rubaiyat in a sumptuous jeweled binding

(sangorski & sutcliffe) — omar khayyam — edward fitzgerald (trans.) | the rubaiyat in a sumptuous jeweled binding

Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Jay I. Kislak. Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation. 

Dulac, Edmund "The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw," original drawing from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, circa 1909 Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper (9 x 12 3/4 in., sight), signed "Edmund Dulac" (lower right); sheet lightly toned, two corners chipped just touching image, some minor glue residue at extreme edges. Matted, framed and glazed with Plexiglas. Reproduced as one (of twenty) colored plates within Dulac's 1909 illustrated edition of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. The drawing illustrates the 20th Quatrain, which reads: The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw, And Kings the forehead on his threshold drew - I saw the solitary Ringdove there, And 'Coo, coo, coo,' she cried; and 'Coo, coo, coo.' PROVENANCE: Christie's New York, 22 June 2010, lot 193

View 1 of Lot 30: Dulac, Edmund | "The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw," original drawing from the Rubáiyát

dulac, edmund | "the palace that to heav'n his pillars threw," original drawing from the rubáiyát

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Thomas Carlyle--Edward Fitzgerald 14 autograph letters signed (mostly “E. Fitzgerald”), to Elizabeth Carlyle Aitken ("Dear Miss Aitken", later "Dear Mrs Carlyle") asking for news of her uncle Thomas Carlyle (“le Senor Tio”), discussing Readings in Crabbe and other works, congratulating her on the publication of a book, thanking her for a bequest and praising the way she handled Carlyle's estate (“…I think you feel yourself strangely surrounded by those things which have lost their own owner…”), later letters referring to her dispute with Froude over posthumous publications and explaining to whom he has lent Carlyle's letters to him, written with shaky handwriting as a result of Fitzgerald's infirmities, in purple, red, and black ink, 58 pages, 8vo, Little Grange, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 9 January 1878 to 7 February 1883, nicks and tears, some dust staining “…At any rate, please to make my kindest remembrance to your Uncle – dating from close on 40 years ago. I need not say that I hope he does not think I forget him, in spite of all these intervals of enquiry – I think he must know that I do not. I have nothing to tell of myself – only the same old story, which need not be re-told, and which never was worth the telling at all…” (3 June 1880) Edward Fitzgerald (1809-83), best known as the translator of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, was a longstanding friend of Thomas Carlyle. They had met in 1842 and remained in regular contact for the remainder of their lives. By the time of these letters Fitzgerald was living in retirement in Suffolk and Carlyle's ill-health and especially his tremor made writing difficult, so Fitzgerald was writing to his niece and live-in helper Mary Aitken (later Carlyle, following her marriage to her cousin Alexander Carlyle). The final letters in this series touch on the Froude Controversy over Carlyle's legacy. PROVENANCE: Alexander Carlyle (1843-1931) and Mary Carlyle Aitken (1848-95); thence by direct descent

View 1 of Lot 264: Thomas Carlyle--Edward Fitzgerald | 14 autograph letters signed, to Mary Carlyle Aitken, 1878-83

thomas carlyle--edward fitzgerald | 14 autograph letters signed, to mary carlyle aitken, 1878-83

Fitzgerald, E. transl. The Golden Cockerel Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam… 1938, small folio, number 79 of 300 copies of which this is one of 270 copies, 8 engraved illustrations by John Buckland-Wright, original morocco-backed cloth, slipcase, [Pertelote 138]--Browne, T. Hydriotaphia. 1923, 4to, one of 115 copies, original cloth-backed boards, [Chanticleer 10], bookplate, slight soiling to binding; Ibid. The Garden of Cyrus. 1923, 4to, one of 115 copies, original cloth-backed boards, [Chanticleer 11], slight soiling to binding; Ibid. Religio Medici. 1923, 4to, one of 115 copies, original cloth-backed boards, [Chanticleer 12], slight soiling to binding; Ibid. Christian Morals… 1923, 4to, one of 115 copies, original cloth-backed boards, [Chanticleer 13], slight soiling to binding; The Ninety-First Psalm. 1944, 4to, number 211 of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Dorothea Braby, original cloth, [Cockalorum 160]--De Chair, S. transl. The First Crusade. 1945, small folio, number 474 of 500 copies of which this is one of 400 copies, 6 wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, original half vellum, [Cockalorum 168] (7)

a collection of seven volumes, comprising:

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8vo, first edition, one of 250 copies, original printed wrappers, minute offsetting to endpapers and covers, a few tiny marks otherwise a fine copy, preserved in matching chemise and folding box

8vo, first edition, one of 250 copies, original printed wrappers, minute offsetting to endpapers and covers, a few tiny marks otherwise a fine copy, preserved in matching chemise and folding box A superb copy, rare in the wrappers, of the first edition of Fitzgerald's classic work, now seen as much as an original English poem as a translation of the quatrains attributed to the eleventh-century Persian poet 'Umar Khayyam'. "Early in 1858 FitzGerald sent thirty-five of the ‘less wicked’ verses he had translated from Omar to Fraser's Magazine...Fraser's would not publish them, however, so in 1859, after adding forty more verses, FitzGerald issued the collection of seventy-five as a book published anonymously at his own expense. This first edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám did not sell well at first, but in 1861 Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Algernon Swinburne discovered it and helped to make it better known. This led to the publication of a second edition (1868), which especially won favour in the United States, where it was reviewed in glowing terms by Charles Eliot Norton. Soon there was, as FitzGerald put it, ‘a little Craze’ over the Rubáiyát in America..." (Sheldon Goldfarb, Oxford DNB)

rubáiyát of omar khayyám,  the astronomer poet of persia. bernard quaritch, 1859

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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Robert Rivière & Son, Ltd., 1928

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Robert Rivière & Son, Ltd., 1928 8vo (8 x 5 1/4 in.; 204 x 134 mm). Title printed in blue and black, 12 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards. Contemporary blue morocco, inlaid colored calf portrait of the nude Eve beneath an apple bower with the Snake looking on upon a green morocco ground, encircled by a grape and leaf border of inlaid green and brown morocco with gilt outlines, an outer frame of two double-fillets with a quotation from stanza 58: "Oh, Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And who with Eden didst devise the Snake, For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man, Is blacken'd, Man's Forgiveness give—and take!", repeated on a simpler lower cover with a central panel of a grape leaf, edges gilt, dentelles, marbled endpaper and pastedowns, signed in gilt by Rivière & Son; slight rubbing on extremities.

rivière & son, binders — omar khayyam — gilbert james, illus.

Middle East. Four works, Golden Cockerel Press, 1928-1958

Middle East. Four works, Golden Cockerel Press, 1928-1958 Tellier, Jules. Abd-er-Rhaman in Paradise. 1928, 8vo, number 133 of 400 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, original cloth-backed boards, [Chanticleer 60], spine faded, upper cover slightly bowed-Toussaint, Franz and Christopher Sandford, transl. The Garden of Caresses. 1934, 8vo, number 181 of 275 copies, engraved illustrations by Gertrude Hermes, original vellum-backed boards, top edge gilt, [Chanticleer 100], slight browning to end-papers, slightly soiled-Miller, Patrick. Ana the Runner. 1937, 8vo, number 6 of 150 copies, signed by the author, wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, original morocco-backed boards, [Pertelote 122], covers slightly soiled-Fitzgerald, Edward. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 1958, small folio, number 56 of 200 copies, one of 75 copies specially bound with an additional suite of the plates and an extra two plates in sleeve, plates by John Yunge Bateman, original purple morocco gilt, slipcase, [Cock-a-Hoop 208], spine and slipcase slightly faded

middle east. four works, golden cockerel press, 1928-1958

Buckland-Wright, John. Four works with illustrations by John Buckland-Wright, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938-1949

Buckland-Wright, John. Four works with illustrations by John Buckland-Wright, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938-1949 Gautier, Theophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. 1938, 8vo, number 232 of 500 copies, engraved illustrations, original vellum-backed cloth gilt, [Pertelote 131]-Fitzgerald, Edward. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 1938, small folio, number 182 of 300 copies, engraved illustrations, original white morocco-backed cloth gilt, slipcase, [Pertelote 138], spine soiled-Keats, John. Endymion. 1947, small folio, number 225 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations, original vellum-backed cloth gilt, [Cockalorum 175]-Cabell, James Branch. Jurgen. 1949, 8vo, number 266 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth gilt, [Cock-a-Hoop 182], spine faded; all top edges gilt, minimal browning to end-papers

buckland-wright, john. four works with illustrations by john buckland-wright, golden cockerel press, 1938-1949

The Rubaiyat. London: Quaritch, 1872, third edition of Fitzgerald's translation, 8vo, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, binding somewhat worn; Ibid. New York: Elbert Hubbard, 1898, number XIII of an unspecified limitation, oblong 8vo, decorative initials, half morocco; Ibid. 1920, 8vo, brown morocco gilt by Riviere; Ibid. New York, 1940, 4to, coloured plates by Szyk, blue calf gilt; Ibid. Privately Printed, 1906, 8vo, translated by E.F. Thompson, limited to 435 copies signed by the translator, original cloth; Ibid. Privately Printed, 1907, limited to 275 copies on japon signed by thompson, 8vo, includes Persian, Fitzgerald, Thompson and transliterated texts, original cloth-backed boards; Ibid. New York, 1899, 2 copies, translated by E.A. Curtis, introduction by Richard Burton, 8vo, each limited to 600 copies, original cloth--Mumey, N. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Century Edition 1859-1959. Boulder, 1959, number 145 of 300 copies signed by the author, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards; and 18 others, including facsimiles of Fitzgerald's first edition, various sizes (27)

omar khayyam.

English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations

Arnold, M. Empedocles on Etna, 1896, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved border by Ricketts, order form for Ransom Vale 16 tipped-in on front free endpaper, [Ransom Vale 8]--Browning, E.B. Sonnets from the Portuguese, 1897, [one of 300 copies on paper], [Ransom Vale 14], contemporary inscription on front free endpaper--Rossetti, D.G. The Blessed Damozel, 1898, [one of 310 copies on paper], order form loosely inserted, [Ransom Vale 21], booklabel; Rossetti, D.G. Hand and Soul, 1899, [one of 210 copies on paper], wood-engraved borders by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 24]--Tennyson, A. Poems, 1900, [one of 320 copies on paper], wood-engraved border by Keats after Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 29], bookplate removed; Tennyson, A. In Memoriam, 1900, [one of 320 copies on paper], wood-engraved border by Keats after Ricketts, other decorations by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 29], booklabel--transl. Fitzgerald, E. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1901, [one of 320 copies on paper], wood-engraved frontispiece by Ricketts and borders by Keats after Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 32]; all 32mo or 8vo, original bindings, some browning, occasional spotting, some bindings slightly soiled (7)

collection of seven volumes, comprising:

London: George Allen, 1893. With pictures by Arthur J. Gaskin. First edition, one of 300 large paper copies printed on hand-made paper. Two large octavo volumes. Original cream buckram, decoratively gilt-stamped boards and spines. Together with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [n.d.] Illustrated by Willy Pogany. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1920. Illustrated by Ronald Balfour. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1913. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan. The Songs of Bilitis. The Pierre Louÿs Society, 1928. Illustrated by Franz Felix. Limited to 933 copies. Giovanni Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Roma: Ente Librario Italiano, 1945.

London: George Allen, 1893. With pictures by Arthur J. Gaskin. First edition, one of 300 large paper copies printed on hand-made paper. Two large octavo volumes. Original cream buckram, decoratively gilt-stamped boards and spines. Together with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [n.d.] Illustrated by Willy Pogany. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1920. Illustrated by Ronald Balfour. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1913. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan. The Songs of Bilitis. The Pierre Louÿs Society, 1928. Illustrated by Franz Felix. Limited to 933 copies. Giovanni Boccaccio. Il Decamerone. Roma: Ente Librario Italiano, 1945. 7 volumes

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[FitzGerald, Edward, translator] Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868 8vo (206 x 162 mm). Some foxing. Original printed paper wrappers; some soiling and creasing, contemporary ownership inscription to front wrapper. Housed in a full black morocco box with cloth chemise. Second edition of FitzGerald's translation, substantially expanded and revised Omar Khayyám was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet, famous in his own country and time chiefly for his scientific achievements. He is known to English-speaking readers mostly due to FitzGerald's translations, which were quite free and liberal in their paraphrasing and would prove to be the "most popular verse translation into English ever made" (Decker, p. xiv). Five hundred copies of the second edition were printed, with Quaritch selling each at a price of 1s. 6d.; when a copy re-appeared in their catalogue in 1929, it had already reached a price of £52 10s. (Potter, p. 12). Fitzgerald substantially revised the text of the Rubáiyát four times, with none of these five versions seen as truly definitive. The first edition had 75 quatrains, while the present second edition, which has 110 quatrains, is the longest of the five. REFERENCE Potter 129

View 1 of Lot 111: [FitzGerald, Edward, translator] | Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia, rendered into English Verse

[fitzgerald, edward, translator] | rubáiyát of omar khayyám, the astronomer-poet of persia, rendered into english verse

Fine Books & Manuscripts

Folio (17 x 14 in.; 433 x 355 mm). 57 illustrated leaves by Elihu Vedder on Japanese paper, mounted on heavy wove paper, 8 leaves of appendix and notes; some minor loss to bottom corner of mount for illustration 30, closed tears to mounts of 49-51, images  not affected. Original full thick brown morocco elaborately stamped and tooled in gilt after design by Vedder, spine with blindstamped and gilt rules, gilt title, wide inner gilt dentelles, floral silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt; overall rubbed, corners bumped with loss of morocco, some splitting to bottom of front hinge. 

rubáiyát of omar khayyám: the astronomer-poet of persia. boston: houghton mifflin and company, 1884

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4to (207 x 155mm.), first edition of Fitzgerald's translation, original wrappers bound in, full red morocco gilt by the Doves Bindery (signed and dated 1893), elaborate borders of roses and foliage with central panel of points on both upper and lower covers, spine gilt in compartments with foliage, title and date in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, collector's slipcase, staining to final blank, upper wrapper and title-page torn at foot of gutter, foot of upper joint slightly rubbed

rubáiyát of omar khayyám, the astronomer-poet of persia. translated into english verse. london: bernard quaritch, 1859

8vo (8 1/8 x 5 5/8 ins.; 205 x 145 mm). Very light pencil underlining, two short closed tears in lower margins first two text pages. Crushed red levant by Riviere, turn-ins with triple gilt rules and floral device at corners, edges gilt. Cloth case.

[fitzgerald, edward]. rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the astronomer poet of persia. london: bernard quaritch, 1859

8vo (210 x 160 mm). Original printed wrappers complete and rare thus; front with a few light spots and faint rubbed stain in upper corner, crease to rear wrapper last leaf. Black morocco Riviere case.

8vo (210 x 160 mm). Original printed wrappers complete and rare thus; front with a few light spots and faint rubbed stain in upper corner, crease to rear wrapper last leaf. Black morocco Riviere case. first edition, a mere 250 copies were printed, with 40 going to the "translator" and the remainder selling so slowly they were eventually discounted to the indignity of the penny bin outside of the bookseller's shop. Many copies were simply destroyed. Its later discovery by Rossetti and Swinburne ("I know none to be compared with it for power, pathos, and beauty...." the latter remarked) brought it new attention and it was reprinted, often elaborately so, throughout the end of the 19th century. The true first of Rubaiyat remains a rarity. Even by 1901 the interest was so great that a copy brought $260 at Bang's Auctioneers in New York, bought back by Quartich (see Prideaux, Notes for a Bibliography of Edward FitzGerald. London, 1911, pp. 16-18).  When copies in wrappers do appear, they are often partial or restored and the present is in fact a superior example, with  the manuscript correction by Fitzgerald on page 4.

rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the astronomer-poet of persia. london: bernard quartich, 1859.

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia.  Translated in English Verse.  London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia.  Translated in English Verse.  London: Bernard Quaritch, 1859 In 4s (8  1/8  x 6  1/4 in.; 206 x 159 mm).  Original printed wrappers; some spotting and dampstaining on covers, inner hinge starting.  Blue morocco gilt slipcase, buckram chemise; minimal wear.

fitzgerald, edward, editor and translator

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. New York: Grolier Club, 1885

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. New York: Grolier Club, 1885 8vo (9 x 5 7/8 in.; 228 x 150 mm). Half title, color emblem of the Grolier Club on title; some leaves very lightly browned. Contemporary blue morocco, arabesquely paneled with inlays of light brown, citron, green, teal blue and crimson morocco, elaborately gilt-tooled, spine similarly inlaid with tan, crimson and teal morocco panels, edges gilt, doublures of blue, tan, and citron morocco inlaid, gilt-tooled, fly-leaves of yellow silk damask and two kinds of decorated paper, in a blue quarter-morocco chemise, signed in gilt "Club Bindery 1901 Leon Maillard finisher."

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Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Omar Khayyam, [Edward Fitzgerald, translator]

Omar Khayyam, [Edward Fitzgerald, translator] Rubaiyat of... the astronomer-poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Third edition, small 4to (250 x 157 mm), presentation inscription in margin of title [washed], IN AN ELABORATELY JEWELLED BINDING BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, upper cover with a peacock in green, cyan and brown morocco gilt encrusted with pieces of mother-of-pearl surrounded by a gilt pointille and floral design, below a Persian palace in morocco and mother-of-pearl, flanked by two morocco birds, outer fillets enclosing a border of round and oblong gilt compartments containing mother-of-pearl, opals, turquoise clusters with pearl centres, and pearl clusters with garnet centres, lower cover with a snake surrounded by a gilt pointille and floral design underneath an arch of foliage and grapes surrounding the moon and stars on green morocco, outer fillets similarly enclosing border of round and oblong gilt compartments containing mother-of-pearl, first and last quatrains of the Rubaiyat lettered in gilt on upper and lower covers respectively, blue morocco doublures with gilt and red floral designs, a line of the Rubaiyat lettered in gilt in each centre, blue satin free endpapers, spine in six compartments, second lettered in gilt, the rest with matching designs, housed in black gilt-ruled quarter morocco clamshell case, 2cm closed marginal tear to p. vi, rear free endpaper detached, spine slightly sunned, extremities very slightly rubbed FITZGERALD'S FAMOUS TRANSLATION OF THE RUBAIYAT, IN AN ELABORATELY JEWELLED PEACOCK BINDING BY THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY BOOKBINDERS. The present volume, boasting a fine example of the bindery's ornately jewelled peacocks, is not listed in M. Wieder Elkind's census of jewelled Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindings (see The Book Collector, Autumn 1975, pp. 401–416), which lists three copies of the present edition in jewelled peacock bindings, all of which have different designs. However, for an identical binding (likely the present volume), see American Art Association, New York, 1 March 1927, lot 492 (illustrated). PROVENANCE: "J.S. [?]from J.S. May 1893": traces of washed ownership inscription to outer margin of title-page LITERATURE: Potter, Bibliography of the Rubaiyat 137; The Cinderella of the Arts, pp. 28, 32, 37, 64-7

View 1 of Lot 22: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam | Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding

binding—sangorski & sutcliffe—omar khayyam | rubaiyat, london, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled peacock binding

Recollections of Places Past, Property from the Estate of Sir John and Lady Smith

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. 4to, 20 tipped-in colour plates, original cream cloth gilt, originally decorative printed card box, box with some slight soiling and wear; The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe. Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. 4to, number 142 of 750 copies signed by the artist, 28 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, board slipcase, minor offsetting, slipcase worn and torn; Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. Hooder & Stoughton, [1914]. 4to, 23 tipped-in colour plates, publisher's cloth gilt, text and plates in ornate gold border, bumped; Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. Hodder & Stoughton, [1916]. 4to, number 314 of 350 signed by the artist, 16 tipped-in colour plates, publisher's cream pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blue, some browning and foxing, boards soiled; (4)

a collection of four illustrated editions, comprising:

The Midas Touch Online

folio (305 x 215mm.), reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, and illustrated with miniatures in gold and colours by E. Geddes, preface and title-page printed in full colour gilt, 12 colour plate illustrations, later dark green morocco, with boards and spine ornately gilt with morocco onlays, gilt dentelles with Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindery stamp, original cloth covers with peacock gilt design laid down and bound in at end, silk endpapers, all edges gilt, previous ownership inscription dated "1914"

rubaiyat of omar khayyam. translated by edward fitzgerald with an introduction by a. c. benson. siegle, hill & co., [c. 1910]

small 4to (210 x 142mm.), LIMITED EDITION, one of 320 copies, engraved frontispiece and title-page designed by Ricketts, printed in red and black, crushed morocco bound 1902 with binder's monogram on lower board dentelle, ornately gilt with red and green morocco onlays, spine gilt, re-backed retaining original spine, all edges gilt, brown cloth folding box

rubaiyat of omar khayyam. [translated by edward fitzgerald, designed by charles ricketts]. london: printed at the ballantyne press, sold by hacon and ricketts & by john lane, new york, 1901. 

The Library of an English Bibliophile Part VII

small 4to, SECOND EDITION, original printed wrappers, loosely inserted into a ?contemporary roan folder, lettered in gilt on upper cover "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", wrappers somewhat spotted and soiled, lacks part of backstrip

the rubaiyat... rendered into english verse [by edward fitzgerald]. second edition. london: bernard quaritch, 1868

English Literature, History and Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

Folio (333 x 248mm.), no. 12 of 550 copies printed on hand-made paper, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, illustrations throughout, modern crushed green morocco richly gilt by J. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, upper and lower covers with a peacock in green, red and blue surrounded by foliate corner-pieces interspersed with dotted design, outer fillets enclosing border of leafy scrolls and arabesque designs, spines in six compartments, two lettered in gilt, the others with matching designs, top edge gilt, the others uncut, dark green morocco end-leaves and doublures decorated in blue, red, green and gilt with central arabesque enclosing title in gilt surrounded by leafy scroll design, preserved in matching quarter green morocco folding box

rubaiyat of omar khayyam translated into english verse by edward fitzgerald with an introduction by a.c. benson... reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by f. sangorski & g. sutcliffe, siegle, hills & co., 1912

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

4to, number 2 of 10 copies on hand-made paper, illuminated initials and other embellishments in colours and gilt by Ross Turner, original green morocco gilt by Boston Bookbinding, spine in compartments, morocco doublures and silk free endleaves, top edge gilt, some spotting and browning, spine faded

4to, number 2 of 10 copies on hand-made paper, illuminated initials and other embellishments in colours and gilt by Ross Turner, original green morocco gilt by Boston Bookbinding, spine in compartments, morocco doublures and silk free endleaves, top edge gilt, some spotting and browning, spine faded The printed limitation cites 25 copies each on vellum and hand-made paper. This has been corrected by hand by Ross Turner to 10 copies only on hand-made paper. Sale records suggest there were 8 copies on vellum.

rubaiyat of omar khayyam. cambridge [mass.]: university press, [c.1902]

The Art of Illustration

4to, first trade edition, 20 coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, original pictorial buckram gilt, creases to four plates, binding slightly soiled, ownership signature to front free endpaper

rubaiyat of omar khayyam. hodder and stoughton, [1909]

L12408

4to, number 89 of 750 copies signed by the artist, 12 coloured plates and other illustrations by Willy Pogany, later full black morocco gilt by Asprey & Garrard, top edge gilt, spine in compartments, some pages unopened, minor creasing to some plate mounts

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