Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ

by Wallace, Lew

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. 552 pgs. Dedication reads "To the Wife of My Youth". The sweeping Biblical novel that is a spiritual story of the quest for love and identity in a harsh culture. The author's careful research and depth of detail reveal as much about his own time as of the time he writes about. Dark gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, brown endpapers, brown on top of pages. Cover shows edge wear, particularly at corners with chip at bottom of spine, front hinge weak. Interior pages lightly foxed, some slight tanning, former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper, pencil notations on back of front free endpaper, former owner's name on first page of first chapter.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

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