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Cost: $600.00

Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell

Edward Lewis Wallace

"ALAS, FOR JERUSALEM! ALAS, FOR CONSTANTINOPLE!"

WALLACE, Edward Lewis. The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter tan calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, green and purple morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $600.

First edition of this popular historical romance by the author of Ben Hur, handsomely bound by Root & Son.

The ambassador to Constantinople between 1881 and 1885, Wallace followed Ben Hur with this novel about a Jew living in Constantinople during the late Byzantine Empire. First issue, without dedication page in Volume I. BAL 20819. Wright 5722. Contemporary owner signatures.

A lovely copy in fine condition.

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