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Vathek
by Beckford, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The John Day Company. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Ben Ray Redman. Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine. New York: John Day Company, 1928. 8vo. First Edition (First Published, November, 1928 on copyright page). Lg 8vo. xx,230pp. Full green cloth, design in gilt and black, gilt letters. Book in fine condition; green jacket chipped with some loss of image (more at top edge), spine toned. Slipcase has same illustration at the dj, lacking top panel, spine panel toned, moderate loss to edges. Endpapers illustrated in green, over 100 full page and text illustrations in b&w.; Over 100 illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 230 pages .
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Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic.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
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8232
- Title
- Vathek
- Author
- Beckford, William
- Illustrator
- Mahlon Blaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Book
Terms of Sale
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Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Gilt
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