• Publication: The Episodes of VathekPublication Record # 224641
• Author: William Beckford
• Date: 1912-00-00
• Publisher: Stephen Swift
• Price:
  21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: xxxi+207+127
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive. The English portions are Translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 120
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 2277096
  • Reginald-1: 01023

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Introduction (The Episodes of Vathek) • essay by Lewis Melville
• 1 • The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah • [Vathek] • novelette by William Beckford (trans. of Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princesse Firouzkah)
• 49 • The Story of Prince Barkiarokh • [Vathek] • novella by William Beckford (trans. of Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh)
• 163 • The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah • [Vathek] • novelette by William Beckford (trans. of Histoire de la Princesse Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah)
• 3 • Histoire du Prince Alasi et de la Princesse Firouzkah [French] • [Vathek] • novelette by William Beckford
• 31 • Histoire du Prince Barkiarokh [French] • [Vathek] • novella by William Beckford
• 101 • Histoire de la Princesse Zulkaïs et du Prince Kalilah [French] • [Vathek] • novelette by William Beckford