Limited, Illustrated Rubaiyat
FITZGERALD, Edward.
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám … With Illustrations by Stephen Gooden, A.R.A … [Edinburgh, Riverside Press, for] London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, [1940].
8vo, pp. 61, [3], with a frontispiece, four engraved plates and four engraved vignettes by Gooden; a fine copy in the original quarter green morocco and green cloth, green card slipcase, lettered direct and numbered; bookplate of D. G. Bridson to front pastedown.
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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám … With Illustrations by Stephen Gooden, A.R.A … [Edinburgh, Riverside Press, for] London, George G.
Limited illustrated edition, no. 75 of 125 copies signed by the illustrator. The chosen text is Fitzgerald’s first version; the introduction gives a brief history of its publication by Quaritch and its re-discovery in the ‘penny box’.
The artist Stephen Gooden (1892–1955) studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and was a member of the Royal Academy. He is best known as an engraver, for his witty, inventive, and finely executed designs for the Nonesuch Press and other private presses. He also designed banknotes and bookplates, including one for the future Queen Elizabeth II.
Provenance: the poet, journalist, and radio producer Douglas Geoffrey Bridson (1910–1980) was responsible for over 800 broadcasts in his career at the BBC, which culminated in his appointment as Programme Editor for Arts, Sciences, and Documentaries in the mid-1960s, when he was known as ‘the cultural boss of the BBC’.
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