Author: William Beckford; Herbert B. Grimsditch [translator]
Title: Vathek
Description: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this illustrated and translated edition of Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek, limited to one thousand and fifty copies. First thus. Limited to one thousand and fifty copies, of which this is number one hundred and forty-seven. Illustrated with ten colour images, eight of which are plates. Collated complete. A Gothic novel composed in French beginning in 1782, that follows Vathek, the ninth caliph of the Abassides, who ascended to the throne at an early age. He is a fickle and depraved tyrant, known for his unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and his desire to be considered "correct" by important scholars. Written by William Thomas Beckford, an English novelist, art critic, planter and politician, reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. Translated by Herbert B. Grimsditch, a British writer and translator. Illustrated by Marion Victoria Dorn, an American textile designer also known to have produced wallpaper, graphics, and illustrations. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Marion V. Dorn. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Vathek Beckford Grimsditch Dorn Beckford Marion V. Dorn


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