Vathek: An Arabian Tale
by Beckford, William (edited by Richard Garnett)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Cloth worn, interior good
- Seller
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Etchings by Herbert Nye
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Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic.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
- Schooner Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39526
- Title
- Vathek: An Arabian Tale
- Author
- Beckford, William (edited by Richard Garnett)
- Format/Binding
- Dark red cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth worn, interior good
- Edition
- #382 of a limited edition of 600 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Bullen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Herbert Nye
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Schooner Books Ltd
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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