JUST ARRIVED AT THE GENTLY MAD : 1913 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam : Edmund J Sullivan : Edward Fitzgerald With Drawings by Edmund J. Sullivan Published by Methuen & Co, London, 1913. First edition thus, de luxe edition of the Edmund J. Sullivan edition. Hardback, decorative cloth binding measuring 26 x 20cm, gilt to top edge, plain endpapers, Unnumbered pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Fitzgerald’s version each enriched with its own full-page single-sided monochrome illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan, as well as many fanciful and beautiful drawings, he uses images of skeletons and animated pots, Persian chapter headers.. Howard & Jones Ltd., Art Printers, pulled out some extra stops for this edition which is by far and away the best Sullivan illustrated Rubáiyát. Produced on thicker paper and a larger size than subsequent editions of this illustrated edition published by Methuen. 16 page introduction by the illustrator. Tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. A fine copy priced at £850 ... available on our website now. Link in the bio #thegentlymadbookshop #rubaiyat #edmundjsullivan #illustratedbook #rubaiyatofomarkhayyam