Solomon and Sheba

Macdonald, London, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The author brings his imagination to bear on a magnificent and challenging theme -- the story of the love of Solomon, wisest of the Kings, for Balkis, Queen of Sheba and most beautiful of women. The substance of the Old Testament story is written is on the opening chapters of the First Book of Kings. The author has taken the Bible story as his foundation, and has developed into an enthralling novel of emotional conflict and political intrigue, outstanding both in its narrative power and in its spirited yet scholarly recreation of a remote period of history. -- front fold over blurb. A little rubbing of the back strip edges and book corners. The top right hand corner of the front panel has sustained a small bump. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages with offset tanning of the end pages. A couple of handling marks to the text block edges. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges with sunning to the back strip and very noticeable handling marks to the dustwrapper panels. Some creasing to the top back strip edge. There is a small tear to the lower edge of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 240 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0219135. .