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WALLACE, Lew (1827–1905). The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. 2 volumes, 8vo. Full modern red levant gilt, raised bands, gilt scrollwork and centerpieces in compartments, top edge gilt, black levant doublures gilt, red silk moiré front free endpapers. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING without dedication on p. [iii] in Vol. I. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with a 6–line holograph poem inserted before title in Vol. I: “If my life were but a day–/one morn, one night,/With a golden noon for play,/And I of night,/Could say what I would do/With it– what would I do?” and signed with a warm sentiment: “Truly your friend,/Lew Wallace/Crawfordsville/Oct. 18th, 1900”. BAL 20819.