Vathek
by Beckford, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WEYMOUTH, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Glaisher, 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, name on ffep, edges uncut, covers rubbed, spine faded, light browning to eps otherwise Good without dustjacket
Synopsis
Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic. The first French edition was published in 1787.
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Details
- Bookseller
- LODMOOR BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007146
- Title
- Vathek
- Author
- Beckford, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Glaisher
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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