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The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels
by Beckford, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(London Ward Lock: 1891) The Minerva Library of Famous Books No. 24. Decorated cloth pp. xxvi, 549. With a Portrait, full-page Illustrations, and Biographical Introduction. With a cancelled Institute label on fixed front endpaper and impressed ownership stamp on recto of frontispiece and a few neat marginal stamps. Very good
Synopsis
Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.
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- Bookseller
- exPB
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105021
- Title
- The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels
- Author
- Beckford, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Travel and Description Biography
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About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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