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The Chariot Race from Ben Hur
by Wallace, Lew
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Ivanowski, Sigismond. Gorgeous copy in Near Fine condition of this classic. A First Edition in this format (First, Thus) from Harper & Bros, 1908, it has rich, royal blue-indigo boards with gilt & cream decoration & lettering to front cover & spine. In 133 pages, with color frontispiece & intact (but tanned) tissue overlay; 3 other full color illustrations in text by Sigismond Ivanowski. Exceptionally clean, binding straight & strong, creamy vellum pages with deckled edges. Very slight bumping to spine ends & corners. Stamp from old bookstore on inside front cover & gift inscription on ffep.No DJ as issued. A truly beautiful copy! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012298
- Title
- The Chariot Race from Ben Hur
- Author
- Wallace, Lew
- Illustrator
- Ivanowski, Sigismond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- ROME ANCIENT ANTIQUITY BIBLE FINE BINDING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; History;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
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