Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-poet of Persia | 
pickThis is a nifty c. 1915 edition, bound in purple-dyed leather, with two illustrative plates glued to green backing paper with gilt borders & inscription. It's had a bit of a hard life, with some sun-bleaching and a small hole in the cover, but I guess we all start to show our wear and tear eventually: wholly in keeping with the contents ??????
"'One Moment in Annihilation's Waste,
One Moment, of the Well of Life to taste--
Oh, make Haste!"?
TheBookgeekFrau It's beautiful! 😠9mo
Leftcoastzen That‘s gorgeous, letterpress? 9mo
Bookwomble @TheBookgeekFrau I want to say, "Thank you," but all I did was buy it ? 9mo
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Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen I'd assume so from the age of it. There's no impress from the type on the main pages, which are nice paper stock, btw 😊, but there's a slight impress on the plate pages, so perhaps it needed a bit more pressure to print the gilt. 9mo
batsy ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ 9mo
Leftcoastzen I‘m always amazed that these little gems survive. 9mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
Aimeesue Lovely 💜 9mo
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Yeah - this one looks like it's been through a lot, but perhaps just well-loved 💖 9mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Bookwomble 😂😂 True, but you're welcome anyway 😠9mo
bthegood Beautiful edition. This brings back memories - I had a friend who use to send me writings from this - enjoy 🙂 (edited) 9mo
Bookwomble @bthegood I'm glad this sparked happy memories for you 😊 According to my GR record, I've read this poem 16 times, but it's definitely way more than that. You'd think I'd be able to quote the whole thing from memory, but no! 😄 9mo
bthegood @Bookwomble 😊 9mo
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