...THE BOXALL RUBAIYAT...
The dust jacket above is from the same edition of the ROK as the one shown by Alf Boxall to Stuart Littlemore in his interview their interview.
It's a fairly non-descript book and was quite common in those times common in those times.
But Alf's book was different in numerous ways, including one way that many have overlooked and yet it's quite obvious if you examine that particular book carefully.
You see Alf Boxall's version was printed on coated paper.
Is that significant? Well, yes I think it is.
I make no apologies for the brevity of this post, it may cause everyone to think and maybe research a little deeper.
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You wrote way back that you’ve a copy of this version of the ROK. Is yours on coated paper?
ReplyDeleteShort answer is no, my copy is on plain, possibly reprocessed paper. I know of only one mor copy that is on coated paper. That does not necessarily mean that they’re rare but they could be. You caught me at my desk!
ReplyDeleteThere’s another little known fact about this book, in fact there’re quite a few. The next post on this subject will focus on the coated paper and one other fact both of which will be substantiated.
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