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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date March 18, 1999
Pages 170
Binding Paperback
Edition Reissue
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780192836564
ISBN-10 0192836560
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.35 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $11.95
Other format details university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was 21. It is the story of Caliph Vathek, whose eye can kill at a glance, who makes a pact with the Devil, Eblis.

Editions
Paperback
Book cover for 9780192836564 Book cover for 9781500129767 Book cover for 9781840680188
 
from Createspace Independent Pub (May 1, 2015)
9781507534632 | details & prices | 86 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.20 in. | List price $9.99
from Createspace Independent Pub (June 8, 2014)
9781500129767 | details & prices | 76 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.18 in. | List price $7.00
About: The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalised version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers.
Italian edition edition from Nonsuch Pub (October 15, 2005)
9781845880606 | details & prices | 192 pages | 5.00 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $11.95
from Creation Pub Group (April 1, 2000)
9781840680188 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Witches, demons, human sacrifices and other spectral horrors: all intercept Vathek as he journeys to the underworld in this weird and wonderful gothic masterpiece.
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With Roger H. Lonsdale | Reissue edition from Oxford Univ Pr (March 18, 1999)
9780192836564 | details & prices | 170 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $11.95
About: Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was 21.
With David Thiel | Revised edition from Oxford Univ Pr (July 21, 1983)
9780192816450 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $8.95
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