The Silver Chalice: A Story of the Cup of the Last Supper

503, [1] pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers. "The Silver Chalice recounts the story of Basil, a young silversmith, who is commissioned by the apostle Luke to fashion a holder for the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper. The Silver Chalice was the best-selling fiction title of 1953 in the United States and was made into a film starring Paul Newman."