Ben Hur : A Tale of the Christ, The Garfield Edition. In Two Volumes

Lew Wallace

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1892

Vol.I in Good condition, Volume II in Fair. Half bound in dark brown morocco over crimson, gilt and brown marbled boards. Title and volume number in gilt on the spine. Five raised bands. Beautiful white, brown and bright gilt marbled paste-downs and endpapers. Top edges gilt. Other edges rough cut. Corners are softly bumped. Edges of covers that are paper are abraded. For Vol.II the spine is separated from the text block at the front hinge, and the joint is torn down from the top edge. The back hinge is holding. The leather spine is dry and worn at the edges with a .75"x 5" chip off near the head. For Vol. I spine edges are dry and worn and a tear is starting on the front joint for 2" down from the top edge. Text blocks of both volumes are tight. Bookplate of E.Hubert Litchfield, American collector of first American and British editions, on the front paste-downs. Litchfield"s name neatly penned, dated 1895, on the pages after the ffes Otherwise the books are very clean and unmarked. Vol.I includes a facsimile of President Garfield's letter to the author. "Illustrated from drawings by William Martin Johnson with photogravures"( from the title page) There are ten tissue protected photogravures in each volume with tissue guards clean and intact. Frontis -piece for Vol I is photograph of Lew Wallace by Sarcony. Vol.II frontis is "Ben Hur". 854 pages in continuous pagination. 5.75"x 8". Seller Inventory # ABE-1677452938915

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ben Hur : A Tale of the Christ, The Garfield...
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Publication Date: 1892
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition