Title
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Hodder and Stoughton, [not dated] circa 1920
The Dulac illustrated edition of the Rubaiyat was first published 1909 with twenty colour plates. A smaller format ‘popular’ edition in red cloth with twelve plates appeared in 1914, being reprinted several times (with variations in cloth, endpapers, ink colour, plate mounts, size, &c.) over the next decade or so and always difficult to date unless there is a helpful contemporary inscription.
For reference: Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh [title page verso].
Hardback. Publishers red/orange cloth with gilt design and title to front board, title and design (dulled gilt or greyed black?) to spine. pp viii, 189, plus 12 tipped-in colour plates mounted on grey card. Size: 8 x 6.25 inches approx. (204mm x 157mm).
Covers rubbed and worn, some bumping to corners and spine ends; cloth faded especially to spine. Front endpaper showing some discolouration and offsetting (mirroring design on front board); pages a little dusty and with occasional foxing throughout, but generally clean.
Overall, showing some wear but remaining a reasonably nice, clean copy – quite presentable.
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References
Ann Conolly Hughey, Edmund Dulac – His Book Illustrations: A Bibliography (Buttonwood Press, 1995)
Ambrose George Potter, A Bibliography of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Ingpen & Grant, 1929)
