New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., n.d. (ca 1945). 96 pp. Regular Edition. Original publisher's box in very good condition with a little bit of edge wear and minor foxing inside. Peach cloth over boards with detailed gilt lettering and decorations on cover and spine, top edges stained red, 12 full-color illustrations by Pogany tipped in, various other black and white illustrations and decorations, slight foxing to endpapers and page edges, otherwise in near fine condition.

Omar Khayyam (1048 - 1131) was a Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician whose poetry has been widely translated and published. This is a beautiful and deeply spiritual work in lovely condition.