[Osborne Press- 50 Copies Only] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Everett: Osborne Press, 1902.

First edition thus. Green cloth with white lettering on front cover. Limited to 50 copies, of which this is #26, signed by S.A. Osborne, the publisher. "A concise and interesting account of the first session of the Omar Khayyam Club of Americaî (Mosher). Printed by women at the Osborne Press; type set up, printed four pages at a time, and distributed owing to shortage of type. (Potter). Only five copies held institutionally (WorldCat). Slight wear to edges. This is quite a scarce example of a private press Rubaiyat title, which includes a record of the first meeting of the Omar Khayyam Club of America.

Price: $450.00   Item #4903