29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
18
Fitzgerald (Edward) trans.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
George C. Harrap, 1930, numbered limited edition of 750 copies for England (plus 500 for U.S.), signed by the illustrator Willy Pogany, twelve mounted colour plates, frontis etching signed by Pogany, mounted page heading vignettes throughout, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, full morocco binding with gilt device to upper board.
Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250
No inscriptions found. Occasional light foxing. Faint corner creasing to colour frontis and plate opposite p. 23 (appear worse on photographs). Tanning to uncut edges.
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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