The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald ... Fourth Version
New York: Barse & Hopkins Publishers [ no date but before 1915 ]. 59 pages. 2 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches. Flexible green swede binding gilt. In the original green pastebox with original protective tissue. Colored photographic frontis. Box with several splits and overall wear. Tissue mis-folded in past. Top edge gilt. Gift inscription "To Miss Frances McGuire 1914 from '?' Merry Christmas" penned on blank flyleaf. Otherwise bright and clean internally. Some fading and wear to the suede, light browning at the extremities. Very Good. Suede. [27909]
Unusual with the original box. Barse & Hopkins sold a number of variations of this title over the years. The box is marked "Barse & Hopkins" and "RUBAIYAT" and "Christmas Classics" on a paper label on one edge.
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