THE ORIGINAL RUBAIYYAT OF OMAR KHAYAAM. Author: Omar Khayaam; Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah trans Title: THE ORIGINAL RUBAIYYAT OF OMAR KHAYAAM Publication: 1968, New York Edition: Limited Edition. Signed limited edition, no. Slim 8vo, 86 pp. Marbled paper over boards, backed in black with gilt spine lettering, matching marbled endpapers, deckled edges. Exceedingly clean, fresh copy. Slipcase likewise sound and sharp with a few scuffs and light toning to extremities. FINE / NEAR FINE. An edition shrouded in controversy–initially over Graves’s brash contestation of the revered FitzGerald translation; eventually over Ali-Shah’s inability to produce his supposedly newfound manuscript. Subject: Fine and Rare. Arches Bookhouse is a brick & mortar bookshop in North Portland, Oregon. We carry good books of all kinds with an emphasis on scholarly humanities books. We are open for browsing Monday-Saturday, 10-5:00. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
