Vathek: An Arabian Tale: Limited Edition (copy 309 of 450)
by Beckford, William ( Edited by Richard Garnett)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
London; Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, limited edition ( copy 309 of 459 printed in England / 150 copies printed the United States). Red hardcover with gold lettering. Gold gilt page edging and deckled pages. Strong binding. Edited by Richard Garnett. Etchings by Herbert Nye. Notes by Samuel Henley. Brown spotting occurring on pages (foxing?). Clean text. No markings.
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Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic.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
- Crowded Closet Thrift Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1100
- Title
- Vathek: An Arabian Tale
- Author
- Beckford, William ( Edited by Richard Garnett)
- Illustrator
- Etchings by Herbert Nye
- Format/Binding
- Strong
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Bullen
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1893
- Pages
- 253
- Size
- regular
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; 19th century; Collectable;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...