$20 · 1908 Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace – Wallace Memorial Edition

“BEN-HUR ~ A Tale of the Christ” by Lew Wallace. 1908 “Wallace Memorial Edition”; Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features a frontispiece portrait of Wallace and illustrated end papers. All 560 pages are present and secure to the hinge, the first 60 pages including front pastedown and endpaper have notes written on the pages and random tabs glued on from a previous owner (see pictures in the gallery area for best example of this). Book Synopsis (Goodreads): Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. His old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. They become bitter enemies. Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent to slave in the mines while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur’s family is. On the road to find them, Ben-Hur meets the Christ as he is on the road to Golgotha to be crucified. That day changes Ben-Hur’s life forever, for that is the day he becomes a believer.