The Travel Diaries of William Beckford of Fonthill: Edited with a Memoir and Notes by Guy Chapman in Two Volumes with Illustrations. (2 Volumes, Complete) Volume I: Memoir of William Beckford, Dreams, Waking THoughts and Incidents. Volume II: Sketches of Spain & Portugal, Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha.

FIRST EDITION 2 Volumes, complete. 8vo. beige buckram hardbacks with decorative gilt titles to spines. No dust jackets. t.e.g. VolumeI: lxii, 347pp., with 6 b/w plates, a small Addenda slip bound-in and a loose full-page Addenda and Corrigenda. Volume II: xvii, 374pp., with 5 b/w plates. A clean set with no markings or inscriptions. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims and untrimmed foredges (some paged unopened). Buckram boards lightly mottled and soiled. Spines uniformly tanned but gilt titles and decoration still legible. A VERY GOOD SET.