The History of the Caliph Vathek

by William Beckford and Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson, William Beckford, Samuel Johnson

$200 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

No. 27 of 150 copies of Large Paper Edition with proof etchings on Japanese paper. With four etchings and a portrait of Beckford by A. H. Tourrier. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth, extremities and spine worn, paper spine label chipped, internally near fine, with bookplate of the English Department LIbrary of the College of the City of New York, indicating the volume came from B ernard M. Baruch, famous financier and Presidential advisor. Item

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