A shroud once draped--allegedly--over the body of Christ and imprinted with the image of a woman becomes the focus of an international search as a man and woman attempt to protect the shroud, hidden within an Austrian salt mine, from global exploitation
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Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
First edition, first printing (per publisher's number line for latter upon copyright page). Publisher's review copy with b/w portrait photo of author, publication date slip, and stapled two sheet publicity release all laid-in at front endpapers. [2], 477 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, minor bumping at edges. Red cloth spine with black stamped lettering; cream colored boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon 1985 novel by Greenwood, Mississippi author Lewis Perdue who earned notoriety in his 2003 lawsuit against Random House who successfully defended Perdue's plagiarism claim that his 1981 and 1983 novels "Daughter of God" and "The Da Vinci Legacy" shared plot similarities with Dan Brown's immensely popular "The Da Vinci Code." ISBN 0917657225. Seller Inventory # Z626X-5639
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition/First Printing. Ex library, the jacket has just the one sticker on spine. Seller Inventory # 30593
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing! NOT an ex-library copy. VG+ 8vo hardcover in a VG dj. Off white boards quarter bound in red cloth with black spine lettering. Slight spine cocking. Very faint soiling spot near the bottom of the text block's fore-edge. Contents are fine--i.e., clean and firmly bound. The dj, which is NOT price clipped and now in a clear cover, has light surface creases, but NO tears or heavy creases. NO remainder marks. An ingenious thriller that in light of author Lewis Perdue's subsequent legal action against Dan Brown ("The Da Vinci Code") is also of interest for its references (per the dust jacket flap) to a "second Messiah, a female Messiah whose existence the Catholic Church has sought to conceal for nearly two millenia.". Seller Inventory # w6176