Description
The first edition, first printing of Two From Galilee: A Love Story of Mary and Joseph by Marjorie Holmes.
Octavo, 223pp. Quarter black cloth over yellow cloth boards, title stamped in gilt on spine, red top edge. No additional printings listed on copyright page. In the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket, $5.95 retail price on front flap, a fine example.
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Two From Galilee was Holmes’s bestselling biblical novel about Mary and Joseph. The book became the first volume in Holmes’s Life of Jesus trilogy, followed by Three From Galilee: The Young Man from Nazareth and The Messiah.
