The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
T. N. Foulis, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. First thus; the first printing with illustrations by artist Frank Brangwyn. Frontispiece and seven additional full color tipped-in plates behind captioned tissue guards, the illustrations from oil paintings by Brangwyn. Cream buckram with gilt titling, decoration in gilt and blue; cloth a little dusty with light edgewear; gilt sharp and bright. Spine square. The tissue guard over the illustration plate at page 19 is loose, laid in; all pages present, binding else sound. Some slight spotting to textblock edges, and to tissue guards. Pages else clean and bright, free of markings. Used: Very Good. Item #BBS-2019843
Price: $100.00