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    By William Beckford, Roger Lonsdale [ed.]
    London   Oxford University Press
    8" by 5" xliii, 1-187pp.
    A superb edition of this Gothic novel by William Beckford, in the original dustwrapper.
    By William Beckford, Roger Lonsdale [ed.]

    1970 Vathek

    London   Oxford University Press
    8" by 5" xliii, 1-187pp.
    A superb edition of this Gothic novel by William Beckford, in the original dustwrapper.
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    Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    The first Oxford edition of this work. Originally written in French and published in English in 1786, Vathek is considered to be one of the strangest and least easily classifiable eighteenth century novel. Following the journey of Caliph Vathek to super damnation as perverse and grotesque comedy interlaces with magnificent and evocative oriental beauty. This book falls into the category of early Gothic fiction. 

    With unclipped dustwrapper.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally lovely with only minor shelfwear., Dustwrapper is price clipped and excellent, with only minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Fine

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