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Ben-Hur.- Wallace (Lew) Autograph Letter signed to

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Ben-Hur.- Wallace (Lew, author, lawyer and politician, 1827-1905) Autograph Letter signed to Benjamin Holt Ticknor, 4pp., 8vo, United States Legation Constantinople, 1st January 1882, referring to his novel Ben-Hur, "... the Sultan is reading Ben-Hur. His method is to have it translated into Turkish, and sent to him in chapter installments. He has sent me a message that he is greatly pleased...", and sending him the manuscript of his play, Commodus, "In my last I mentioned a half-formed purpose to send you my Commodus in its reformed condition to read with a view to publication", laid in on paper mount, folds.

⁂ The Sultan of Turkey reading "Ben-Hur".