Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
by Wallace, Lew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1880), 1880. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 552 pages with 12 pages of ads. First Edition, most likely second printing or very early printing. Bound in full brown cloth with gilt title and author on spine. Slight fraying top and bottom of spine. Book protected in mylar. Previous owner's small name sticker on the front paste down, Merritt J. Morehouse, Burge Plantation, Mansfield, GA. Interior of book is very clean, no foxing or marks. No date on title page, short six word dedication, "To the wife of my youth", "be-become" misprint on page 11. A solid, very early, clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arabesque Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001607
- Title
- Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
- Author
- Wallace, Lew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, (1880)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Burge, Burge Plantation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Arabesque Books
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About the Seller
Arabesque Books
Biblio member since 2015
Atlanta, Georgia
About Arabesque Books
We have been in business since 1978 selling fine old and rare books. All books are professionally wrapped, protected in bubble wrap, and shipped in a sturdy box.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...