Vathek
by Beckford, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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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Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic.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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- Bookseller
- Books On The Boulevard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44868
- Title
- Vathek
- Author
- Beckford, William
- Illustrator
- Marion V. Dorn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Nonesuch press
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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