Book Description

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (The Folio Society, [second edition] 1970). The Folio Society first published a Rubaiyat in 1955, the fourth impression of that edition coming out in 1962. This, Folio’s second edition and published in 1970, is in a slightly larger format and with drawings by Virgil Burnett. Hardback – red cloth with gold/silver design, in a clamshell box with label to front. Illustrated endpapers, [32]pp including illustrations. 8.75 x 5.25 inches approx. (223mm x 133mm). Box rubbed and worn, some scratching, but generally in very good order. Cloth clean and bright; pages clean. Overall, a particularly nice, clean copy in a slightly worn box.
Author The Folio Society
Date 1970
Publisher The Folio Society
Illustrator Virgil Burnett

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