The History Of The Caliph Vathek
by William Beckford
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- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. No Edition Remarks. 149 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1687531871MXP
- Title
- The History Of The Caliph Vathek
- Author
- William Beckford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Date Published
- 1901
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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- Acceptable
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....