Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam

Edward Fitzgerald (trans.); Don Tomás Welsh trans.; illustrated by R.C. Hesketh

Published by The American Book and Printing Co, Mexico City, 1939

About this Item

1939. Rare Welsh edition. 300 copies, of which this is No 18. Title page states (in Welsh): A translation into Welsh of the well-known Edward Fitzgerald s translation (or paraphrase if you like) (first edition). With introduction in Welsh. The poem itself is in Welsh on left hand pages with English version facing. Signed and inscribed (in English) by the Translator "Don Tomás" Mexico - March 1940. With 6 woodblock illustrations signed Hesketh. Half buff leather, green cloth, gilt titles, marbled endpapers, deckled edge. Condition: Good. Cloth faded through old dampness. Internally unaffected, with pages clean and bright. Size: 9.5x6in/24x15cm. Unpaginated. Weight: 280g.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1704557715675

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam
• Publisher: The American Book and Printing Co, Mexico City
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition, Limited Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Illustrated
  • Poetry