Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ / by Lew Wallace … ; illustrated from drawings by William Martin Johnson and photographs.
Lew Wallace (1827 - 1905)
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085411.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1, plates : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Some leaves uncut. Bookseller's pencil code and note on front free endpaper verso: "hsxo/Exx" and "2 vols". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half calf, marbled paper over boards; recessed cords; five false bands; spine gilt; red and green morocco spine labels (gilt lettered with title and vol. no.); gilt top edge; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Lew Wallace (1827 - 1905), author Johnson, William Martin, illustrator