THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM;
[London, England]: George G. Harrap & Co. Limited / Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne * Co. Ltd., December 1948. Willy Pogany. Pogan-Illustrated Reprint in handy format. Limp leather with gilt-stamping. 16mo (6 3/4"" x 4 1/2"), decorative limp red leather with gilt lettering on spine, lapped fore-edges, and elaborate Art Nouveau title on spine & front cover, 12 lovely half-tone illustrations by Willy Pogany tipped in plus curvacious sepia Art Nouveau decorations thgoughout; top of page edges gilt [t.e.g.]; marbled endpapers, 92, [93-94] pages. Very Good +. Item #10352
The translation is the famous one by Edward Fitzgerald [unspecified], and the art work uses some illustrations that Willy Pogany executed for famous Harrap 1909-edition.
"Willy" Pogany (1882 – 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale oriented, and he used dreamy and warm pastel scenes with watercolors, oil paintings, and especially pen and ink.
Edward Fitzgerald's translation remains the most famous, memorable, and widely used.
A LOVELY, VERY GIFTABLE petite edition with charming illustrations by Willy Pogany. Firm clean copy in a clean limp leather binding with bright gilt and little shelf wear. Slight wear to corners. Paper lightly and purposefully toned to suggest parchment. The half-tone illustrations by Pogany are unfoxed and bright. Hand to read name of previous owner penned on the upper right of the dark marbled front flyleaf. All-in-all: A charming little volume.
Price: $37.50