Khayyam, Omar; translations by Edward FitzGerald, Edward Henry Whinfield, and Justin Huntly McCarthy; edited with an Introduction by Jessie B Rittenhouse; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam : Comprising the Metrical Translations by Edward Fitzgerald & E. H. Whinfield, and the Prose Version of Justin Huntly McCarthy; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company 1900. 1st Edition Thus, Later Printing. Xl, 244 pages. Hardcover.
Persian Literature - Poetry Persian Literature in Translation - English Rittenhouse Edition
Very Good/Good. Some unopened and roughly opened pages, light tone, owner's name on front paste-down, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket in two pieces at spine front edge, toned, edgeworn with tears and chipping, wear. Solid hardcover.
The Rittenhouse edition, edited with an introduction by Jessie B. Rittenhouse. "This new edition of the Persian poet affords a convenient means for minute comparison of different versions, with the result that the Fitzgerald version receives added lustre by the contrast." - Yale Courant, 1900, volume 37, page 108. Later printing, with no date on title page, and the art nouveau book cover and dust jacket design by "E D". Rubaiyat lover's dream - three versions with scholarly additions, including the first American printing of Whinfield's translation, in Dust Jacket.

Very Good/Good. Some unopened and roughly opened pages, light tone, owner's name on front paste-down, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket in two pieces at spine front edge, toned, edgeworn with tears and chipping, wear. Solid hardcover.

7.87 x 5.75 x 1.25 in