Holbrook Jackson — Edward Fitzgerald and Omar Khayyam

London, David Nutt, 1899 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this critical work on Edward Fitzgerald's Omar Khayyam by Holbrook Jackson, inscribed by the author to his brother. The first edition of this workAn association copy, inscribed to the author's brother, John Charles Jackson, with the inscription 'J.C. Jackson from your loving brother Holbrook Jackson', dated 1899.A bibliographical account of Edward Fitzgerald and his relationship with the work of Omar Khayyam, his translation of the 'Rubaiyat&apos. This work also offers a bibliography of its many and varied editions. By the journalist, writer, and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career, Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Light edgewear to wrap perimeter, with small closed tear to back strip head, but with wraps firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with significant spotting throughout. Later gatherings unopened to head. Good . Ill.: None. Good .