The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
1942 Walter J. Black Edition for the Classics Club Edition

This 1942 Walter J Black edition contains facsimiles from the Bodleian Manuscript of Omar Khayyam, an introduction by Gordon S. Haight, the first and second versions of the text, a vocabulary section, and more. It was published for the Classics Club.

I am not sure if the issue is with my copy in particular, or with the entire printing, but there are a lot of misordered sections. Like it’ll go from page 41 to 106-107 and then those 106-107 pages will be repeated. Lot of weirdness that’s hard to explain and follow. Like things are mixed up, repeated…yeah. Lot of problems so my order of the pages is, perhaps, not accurate to how it ought to be or in reality. It’s a mess.

Update 09/2022: Updated the layout, added more pictures, and tweaked page copy.

1942 Walter J. Black Edition for the Classics Club Edition

Publisher: Walter J. Black (Roslyn, New York)

Year: 1942

Introduction(s) by: Gordon S. Haight

The Book Itself

Cover
Cover
Title page
Title page
Copyright 1942
Copyright 1942
Contents
Contents
Internal title page
Internal title page
Edward FitzGerald and the Rubaiyat by Gordon S. Haight
Edward FitzGerald and the Rubaiyat by Gordon S. Haight
Internal, simple title page
Internal, simple title page
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Another internal title page, before the second version (?)
Another internal title page, before the second version (?)
Introduction to the Third Version title page
Introduction to the Third Version title page
Introduction to the Third Version
Introduction to the Third Version
Facsimiles from the Bodleian Manuscript of Omar Khayyam title page
Facsimiles from the Bodleian Manuscript of Omar Khayyam title page
Facsimiles from the Bodleian Manuscript of Omar Khayyam intro
Facsimiles from the Bodleian Manuscript of Omar Khayyam intro
The Bodleian Manuscript - Sample 1
The Bodleian Manuscript - Sample 1
The Bodleian Manuscript - Sample 2
The Bodleian Manuscript - Sample 2
Notes
Notes
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Comparative table
Comparative table

The Poetry

Quatrain 1, First Version
Quatrain 1, First Version
Quatrain 75, First Version
Quatrain 75, First Version
Quatrain 53-55, Second Version
Quatrain 53-55, Second Version

Curated by Sarah Sunday and others as noted

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