Vathek An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript, with notes, critical and explanatory

by William Beckford

$5,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1786. First edition. Octavo leaves measuring 195 x 115 mm . viii , 334 pp. A Very Good copy, remarkably clean and fresh throughout. Appears to be lacking upper free endpaper, otherwise complete, with the errata leaf and the blanks. Unrestored contemporary tree calf with some edgewear, spine a bit rubbed, with upper joint beginning to separate at head still

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