William Beckford 22541

Vathek.. Eine orientalische Erzählung.

The Bear Press, 1985. halfleder. Pp: 194. Radierungen von Gottfried Helnwein. Handgebunden von Helmut Halbach. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 47474

Catalogue: Literatuur anderstalig

BECKFORD, WILLIAM

Een dromer op reis. Een Grand Tour & Menuetten met de markies. Portugees dagboek 1787 [2 Vols. Compl.].

Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Contact 1991. Original publisher's blue [& green] cloth hardback, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 1991 & 1992, large 8vo: 280pp. & 272pp. With maps, notes, bibliographical notes. Very fine copies.

Antiquariaat SchotProfessional seller

Book number: 150916

BECKFORD, WILLIAM

Een dromer op reis Een Grand Tour

Amsterdam, Contact. 1991. geb.met stofw. 15,5x23,5cm. vertaald en ingeleid door Gerlof Janzen, 278pp. in prima staat.

Willy TibergienPrivate seller

Book number: 016542

Catalogue: reizen

BECKFORD, WILLIAM

Een dromer op reis - Een Grand Tour

Amsterdam, Contact. 1991, Eerste druk. (ISBN: -) Gebonden met stofomslag, 4N1. 276 pag. Zeer goede staat. Niet direct af te halen in onze winkel.

von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & ZonenProfessional seller

Book number: 065809

Catalogue: Reisverhalen / Travel Literature

BECKFORD,WILLIAM

Eeen dromer op reis. Een Grand Tour. / Menuetten met de markies. Portugees dagboek 1787.

Amsterdam, Contact,199-1992. 2 delen,276,272pp. Linnen met stofomslag. Noten.

Antiquariaat Smit & BosProfessional seller

Book number: 25627

Catalogue: Travels,ethnography

BECKFORD William

Excursion à Alcobaca et Batalha

Paris Société d'Editions Les Belles Lettres 1956, In-8 broché, LII + 295 pages. Illustrations et carte dépliante. En anglais avec traduction française en regard. Parfait état. Texte de l'édition originale, traduction, introduction et notes par André PARREAUX, préface de Guy CHAPMAN.

Librairie Gil Artgil SarlProfessional seller

Book number: 99910429

Keywords: PORTUGAL

William Beckford

Die Geschichte vom Kalifen Vathek

Insel 1974. Gebundene Ausgabe Sehr guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag, Original-Schutzumschlag Sehr gut - gebraucht

buchgenie.de Sigrun WuerteleProfessional seller

Book number: BU319183

Catalogue: Ratgeber

BECKFORD, WILLIAM

The History of the Caliph Vathek

London, Metheun and Co. 1901, Little Library. Hard, 16mo. Pages clean and bright, light foxing on endpapers, boards and binding tidy. Very Good.

BookcaseProfessional seller

Book number: 79103

BECKFORD, William:

The History of The Caliph Vathek. With an Introdution and Notes by E. Denison Ross. With a Portrait from a Painting By Sir Joshua Reynolds.

London, Methuen & Co., 1901, in-8vo, XXXI + 148 p., orig. clothbound.
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Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 77791

Keywords: history histoire biography, biographies biographie

BECKFORD, William.

The History of the Caliph Vathek.London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, [ca. 1900]. Contemporary gold-tooled cloth, gilt edges.

X, 189, 16 pp.Orientalist tale of Arabia and a Caliph who renounces Islam. Originally published in French and in English anonymously in 1786, here in a printed verbatim from the first edition, with the original prefaces and notes by Henley. Note that the titlepage is a rubricated, tissue-guarded facsimile (of an earlier book appearance) that misleadingly shows facsimile date of 1868.Spine slightly discoloured, Front hinge cracked. Otherwise a good copy.

A. Asher & Co. B.V.Professional seller

Book number: ABC_45261

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BECKFORD, William

The history of the Caliph Vathek

Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. Used - Good. Good hardback . New edition, smaller format, bound by Burn & Co. in dark blue blind-stamped cloth with gilt; all page edges gilt. 16pp publisher's catalogue for May 1868 at rear. Gift inscription dated 1868 on front free end paper; front hinge cracked & repaired; shelf-wear at head & foot of spine Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_73661_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS296128I

Beckford, William; Samuel Johnson

The History of Caliph Vathek. [and Also] Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1883. 8vo. 407 pp. Very Good, Green Cloth, with minor stains on covers, some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle. One of 150 (this is #139) copies of this edition on laid paper, medium 8vo, with proof Etchings on Whatman paper, have been printed. Illustrations. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15-3639

Catalogue: Books

William Beckford; G.T. Bettany

The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels

London, Henry Frowde, 1891. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy of William Beckford's famous gothic novel, Vathek. A beautifully bound copy of William Beckford's famous gothic novel, Vathek. Part of the Minerva Library of Famous Books series, with a biographical introduction from series editor G.T. Bettany. Although Beckford originally composed the novel in French, it was soon translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley. The novel capitalised on the Orientalism that was sweeping across Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and combines discussions of oriental cultures with the tropes of the gothic novel. Gilt of Merchant's Taylor's School in Liverpool to the front board. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown for J.R. Matthews, dated 1899. With binders sticker to front pastedown. 'Edward Howell. Church Street. Liverpool.' Undated. Dated using JISC from a copy held in the British Library. In full tree calf binding with a decorative spine. Externally lovely, with some marginal shelf wear only. Internally, generally firmly bound, although the title page is a little loose. Aside from some light foxing to the endpapers and plates, the pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 845N26

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: William Beckford The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels Gothic Novels French novels The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels Not stated

William Beckford

The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels

London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1891 . Cloth. A scarce edition of William Thomas Beckford's Gothic novel, bound with his accounts of his European travels, and illustrated throughout. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and eight further plates. Collated, complete.A very smart edition of this classic Gothic novel, bound with the author's travelogues.'Vathek', first published in 1786, capitalised on the Orientalism that was sweeping across Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and combines discussions of oriental cultures with the tropes of the gothic novel.Beckford originally wrote this novel in French, and it was translated by his friend the Rev Samuel Henley, who contributed to the critical and explanatory notes.With a biographical introduction.With the illustrated bookplate of E.M. Shadden to the front pastedown.Undated; dated 1891 via Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light fading to spine. Otherwise, externally lovely. Bookplate to front pastedown. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, but with some light spotting to first few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 868F18

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Vathek William Thomas Beckford Italy: with some Sketches of Spain and Portugal gothic novel William Thomas Beckford Not Stated

BECKFORD, William Thomas

Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal

1834. [BECKFORD, William Thomas]. ITALY: with Sketches of Spain and Portugal. By the Author of "Vathek." In two volumes. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle, 1834. 8vo. mauve cloth, (faded to tan at extremes), lacking labels to spines. Ink ownership to one volume. Both volumes lightly cocked, with sun, some spotting, scuffing and soil to boards. Opening corners are bumped, with wear to heels and crowns (small chip to one crown), light splitting to joints at one volume, two small puncture wounds to spine at other volume. Internally, occasional, and occasionally heavy, foxing. Good overall, but with very good texts. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 63629