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First published 1928
Publisher John Day
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Mahlon Blaine
Pages xx+229
Price $5.00

Written in French (by an Englishman) circa 1782. {{Tr|Samuel Henley}} into English and published without authorship in 1786. The 1816 editions were the first authorized (although published anonymously), and includes many corrections and revisions to the 1786 translation. See also the 1786 variant, below.

The 1929 edition is a 'new translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch, expanded with "Episodes of Vathek", as Vathek, with The Episodes of Vathek, 2 volumes'. --John Clute, undated "Addenda" to the Beckford biographical entry in SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)

Cover artist from Broecker's Fantasy of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History . Price on spine.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
Introduction (Vathek) Ben Ray Redman Essay

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