Beckford (William).- [Redding (Cyrus)] Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill..., 2 vol., first edition, mounted lithographed portrait frontispiece (foxed), 4pp. advertisements at end, original red cloth, spines faded, 1859 § Beckford (William) Vathek: Conte Arabe..., printer's library copy from an edition limited to 99 on hand-made paper, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, [printed at the Oxford University Press for] Les Exemplaires, 1928; another edition, edited by Guy Chapman, 2 vol., limited edition, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spines slightly faded, Cambridge, 1929 § Melville (Lewis) The Life and Letters of William Beckford, embossed "presentation copy" stamp to head of title, light foxing, Maj. J.R.Abbey's copy with his bookplate, later half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded, 1910 § Chapman (Guy) Beckford, Rose Macaulay's copy with her signature, 1940 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) Beckford and Beckfordism, one of 265 copies signed by the author, 1930 § Menen (Aubrey) Fonthill, a Comedy, first edition, John Schlesinger's copy with his embossed stamp, 1975 § Oliver (J.W.) The Life of William Beckford, signed presentation copy to Roger Senhouse from Michael Shaw Stewart, 1932 § Alexander (Boyd, editor) The Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain 1787-1788 [with] Life at Fonthill 1807-1822... [&] England's Wealthiest Son, together 3 vol., 1954-62 § Gemmett (R.J., editor) Sale Catalogues of Eminent Persons, vol.3 Poets and Men of Letters: William Beckford, 1972; The Consumate Collector: William Beckford's Letters to his Bookseller, 2000 § Ostergard (D.E., editor) William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, New Haven & London, 2001, some plates or illustrations, most original cloth, the last six with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed, the eighth frayed; and 22 others by or relating to Beckford & Fonthill, a few duplicates, and 3 framed hand-coloured lithographs of Fonthill Abbey from between the years 1821 and 1825, the latter showing the collapsed tower, v.s., 8vo & 4to (41)
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