![]() ![]() pages brown with age, name in pencil inside front. ![]() Thomas Jefferson McKee (bookplate) - Mrs J. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Wallace, Carol and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It has been successfully translated to the stage, and also into one of the early moving picture colossal super-spectacles" (Grolier). 552 pages plus 12 pages publishers advertisements. ![]() Film Tie in with Charlton Heston on cover and black and white stills from the MGM film inside. This classic book is in very good condition with former owners name. First edition thus Octavo paperback, 315pp. First edition copy of 1883 printing of Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. "In America, 300,000 copies were sold in the first ten years after publication, making it one of the highest-ranking bestsellers of the nineteenth century. With a clipped signature of Lew Wallace mounted on the front pastedown. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Wordsworth Classics) by Lew Wallace. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with chemise.įirst edition, the rare first issue, (dated title-page and dedicated "To the Wife of My Youth"). Original grey-blue cloth with colored floral designs, lettered in black spine lightly sunned, corners a bit bumped, boards lightly discolored, still an uncommonly nice copy. publisher's catalogue at rear first gathering a bit loose. The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipmanīen-Hur. ![]()
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