KHAYYAM, OMAR. 1048-1131.

The Property of Nicole and William M. Keck II. Sold without reserve to benefit charitable institutions.
KHAYYAM, OMAR. 1048-1131.
The Rubaiyat. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher and Emilie Grigsby, 1899.
4to. Publisher's limp vellum with ribbon ties, green cloth chemise and green quarter morocco and cloth slipcase. Ribbon tie broken and loosely re-attached, Minimal wear.
Provenance: Thomas B. Mosher (bookplate); Henry William Poor (book label); Herman M. Schroeter (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF TEN COPIES, privately printed by Thomas Mosher and Emilie Grigsby. This copy, numbered 8 of 10, from Mosher's own library. The text is taken from the 4th edition of 1879, with variations from the 5th edition of 1889. Mosher's library, which included at least one copy of this book, was sold at Sotheby's Parke-Bernet in 1948.