Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
by Wallace, Lew
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper, 1880. 2nd pr. HB. Brown cloth, beveled edges, gilt lettering on spine, 12 mo., 552pp + ads. 11 Word dedication, brown end papers, owners name ffep. Edge wear, fraying to top and bottom of spine. Book condition Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ2602
- Title
- Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
- Author
- Wallace, Lew
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd pr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1880
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...