BEN-HUR :: 1887 HB

Contents includes:

• " BOOK FIRST.
  I. INTO THE DESERT
  II. MEETING OF THE WISE MEN
  III. THE ATHENIAN SPEAKS - FAITH
  IV. SPEECH OF THE HINDOO - LOVE
  V. THE EGYPTIAN'S STORY- GOOD WORKS
  VI. THE JOPPA GATE
  VII. TYPICAL CHARACTERS AT THE JOPPA GATE
  VIII. JOSEPH AND MARY GOING TO BETHLEHEM
  IX. THE CAVE AT BETHLEHEM
  X. THE LIGHT IN THE SKY
  XI. CHRIST IS BORN
  XII. THE WISE MEN ARRIVE AT JERUSALEM
  XIII. THE WITNESSES BEFORE HEROD
  XIV. THE WISE MEN FIND THE CHILD

• BOOK SECOND.
  I. JERUSALEM UNDER THE ROMANS
  II. BEN-HUR AND MESSALA
  III. A JUDEAN HOME
  IV. THE STRANGE THINGS BEN-HUR WANTS TO KNOW
  V. ROME AND ISRAEL - A COMPARISON
  VI. THE ACCIDENT TO GRATUS
  VII. A GALLEY SLAVE

• BOOK THIRD.
  I. QUINTUS ARRIUS GOES TO SEA
  II. AT THE OAR
  III. ARRIUS AND BEN-HUR ON DECK
  IV. " NO. 60 "
  V. THE SEA FIGHT
  VI. ARRIUS ADOPTS BEN-HUR

• BOOK FOURTH.
  I. BEN-HUR RETRUNS EAST
  II. ON THE ORONTES
  III. THE DEMAND ON SIMONIDES
  IV. SIMONIDES AND ESTHER
  V. THE GROVE OF DAPHNE
  VI. THE MULBERRIES OF DAPHNE
  VII. THE STADIUM IN THE GROVE
  VIII. THE FOUNTAIN OF CASTALIA
  IX. THE CHARIOT RACE DISCUSSED
  X. BEN-HUR OF CHRIST
  XI. THE WISE SERVANT AND HIS DAUGHTER
  XII. A ROMAN ORGIE
  XIII. A DRIVER FOR ILDERIM'S ARABS
  XIV. THE DOWAR IN THE ORCHARD OF PALMS
  XV. BALTHASAR IMPRESSES BEN-HUR
  XVI. CHRIST IS COMING - BALTHASAR
  XVII. THE KINGDOM - SPIRITUAL OR POLITICAL ?

• BOOK FIFTH.
  I. MESSALA DOFFS HIS CHAPLET
  II. ILDERIM'S ARABS UNDER THE YOKE
  III. THE ARTS OF CLEOPATRA
  IV. MESSALA ON GUARD
  V. ILDERIM AND BEN-HUR DELIBERATE
  VI. TRAINING THE FOUR
  VII. SIMONIDES RENDERS ACCOUNT
  VIII. SPIRITUAL OR POLITICAL ? - SIMONIDES ARGUES
  IX. ESTHER AND BEN-HUR
  X. POSTED FOR THE RACE
  XI. MAKING THE WAGERS
  XII. THE CIRCUS
  XIII. THE START
  XIV. THE RACE
  XV. THE INVITATION OF IRAS
  XVI. THE PALACE OF IDERNEE

• BOOK SIXTH.
  I. THE TOWER OF ANTONIA - CELL NO. VI
  II. THE LEPERS
  III. JERUSALEM AGAIN
  IV. BEN-HUR AT HIS FATHER'S GATE
  V. THE TOMB ABOVE THE KING'S GARDEN
  VI. A TRICK OF PILATE'S - THE COMBAT

• BOOK SEVENTH.
  I. JERUSALEM GOES OUT TO A PROPHET
  II. NOONING BY THE POOL - IRAS
  III. THE LIFE OF A SOUL
  IV. BEN-HUR KEEPS WATCH WITH IRAS
  V. AT BETHABARA

• BOOK EIGHTH.
  I. GUESTS IN THE HOUSE OF HUR
  II. BEN-HUR TELLS OF THE NAZARENE
  III. THE LEPERS LEAVE THEIR TOMB
  IV. THE MIRACLE
  V. PILGRIMS TO THE PASSOVER
  VI. A SERPENT OF THE NILE
  VII. BEN-HUR RETURNS TO ESTHER
  VIII. GETHSEMANE - " WHOM SEEK YE ? "
  IX. THE GOING TO CALVARY
  X. THE CRUCIFIXION "

Fair condition for its age.
The cover is very worn especially around the edges and has some small tears along the outside binding.
Along the inside cover there is some binding damage and affects the first few pages. There is a slit along the inside front edge where the pages are attached to the cover. The first few pages are loose and actually the title page has become completely separated from the binding.
The pages are yellowed around the edges due to aging and look dirty from the side view. The inside covers and beginning and ending pages are also very yellowed due to aging.
There is a name and address written on the first blank page.

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