i have a first edition copy of the rubaiyat and i was curious if anyone knows the value
2006-08-29 07:32:58 · 6 answers · asked by monica_o319 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
These poems were written 900 years ago before the advent of moveable type so what you have is a modern translation of the original poems from Farsi. Is there a date when the book was printed? Some of the original translations were done in the 1800s. If the book is that old it may have some worth but first editions are not always valuable and there have been so many different printings of this book it is doubtful that you have a valuable copy. If it has unique illustrations and a particularly beautiful binding and a limited edition printing,perhaps a collector would find it interesting but as far as its investment value? Probably negligible.
2006-08-29 07:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by jidwg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it´s indeed the first limited illustrated edition, it's market value is around $700.00. But check this site:
http://fadedgiant.net/html/scripts/569f-8f9c.cgi
2006-08-29 07:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by ptblueghost64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First edition?
That was written about 1000 years ago, wasn't it?
2006-08-29 07:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it probably depends on which first edition it was. There were tons and tons and tons of editions by tons of publishers. you can check
www.abebooks.com
2006-08-29 07:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by vinyl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no ans.. thx 4 da 2 pointz anywayz
2006-08-29 07:35:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Amazon.com one can get it for $1.50 . So i don't know if it is that valueable.
2006-08-29 07:40:49 · answer #6 · answered by GoodGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋