Title continued, "Comprising the Metrical Translations by Edward Fitzherald and E.H. Whinfield, and the prose version of Justin Huntly McCarthy". Introduction by Jessie Rittenhouse. Anexcellent pictorial cloth binding, blue/grey with elaborate gilt design and titl on the front and the unfaded spine. Top edge gilt. Some wear at the spine ends and corners. Inside, very clean and tightwith no stains or foxing or browning, and no prior owner marks.