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McAlpin (Secretary of Princeton University
who at the time was one of the finest finishers in England
Five bands to spine with title in second compartments and small rectangles of brown and green (now faded to light brown) in the remaining compartments
The cost of production was underwritten by J
with subtle blind tooling along the bands and the title tooled in blind to the second compartment--undoubtedly taking cues from the original binding
[Illuminated | Guild of Handicraft] Life of Omar Al-Khayyami Fine Bindings McAlpin (Secretary of Princeton UniversityShirazi, J. K. M. Life Of Omar Al Khayyami. Edinburgh & London: T. N. Foulis, 1905. Limited to 250 copies on handmade paper, of which this is #102. Hand llluminated title, initials, and decorations in gold and color by W. G. Easton. Bound in white vellum by the Guild of Handicraft (though unsigned), utilizing the blind "Soul is Form" rose stamp on both covers that was employed on the Essex House Press Great Poems series. (The standard binding for this