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O./10a.42/No. 106
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Extract in Bernard Quaritch's hand from a letter by William Aldis Wright, 1 Jan. 1888
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- 1888 (Creation)
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1 sheet.
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It was FitzGerald's wish that Omar Khayyam should never be published separately again, and he made this a condition with Quaritch when agreeing it should be published with Salámán and Absál. Cannot therefore 'violate his direct orders'.
Written on sheet of headed notepaper for 'Bernard Quaritch, Bookseller, Central Agency for the procuring of Rare Books'.
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Tipped into O. 10a.42.