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Vathek
Uniform Title
Vathek. English
Title
Vathek / by William Beckford ; a new translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch ; with ten illustrations by Marion V. Dorn.
Publication
Bloomsbury : The Nonesuch Press, 16 Great James Street, 1929.
Physical Description
[4], 172, [2] pages, [8] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Beckford 73: No. 1176.
BEIN Z78 22v: No. 1009. Bookplate of Carl Van Vechten.
SML/LSFR copy: no. 963.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 1014 of 1050. Bound in quarter vellum and gilt-stamped red boards.
Notes
Translated from the French.
"This edition consists of 1050 copies for sale in England by the Nonesuch Press and 500 copies for sale in the United States by Random House, Inc. The text has been printed by John Johnson, Printer to the University, at the University Press, Oxford; the illustrations by the Curwen Press, London."--Colophon.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 60
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Private press books (Publishing) - England - London.
Lithographs - Hand-colored - 1929.
Gothic fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fiction.
Also listed under
Nonesuch Press, publisher.
Curwen Press, printer of plates.
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