JESUS THE SON OF MAN

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1975, 30^th pr.  ISBN 0-394-43124-3.  Hard cover, 216 pages.  Very good; black cloth with stamped lettering on front board with gilt decoration, gilt lettering on spine.  Binding sound, dark top stain, fore-edge uncut.  Price-clipped dust jacket shows edge and cover wear, short edge tears and tears repaired on verso, sticker residue and rubs.  Prior owner’s bookplate and inked date on front paste-down; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; uniformly tanned pages.  Frontis plus full-page black & white and colour illustrations.  ‘Here Jesus is portrayed through the words of seventy-seven contemporaries who knew him – enemies and friends; Syrians, Romans, Jews, Greeks, and Persians; priests, courtesans, publicans, and poets.  This new edition restores the original fine format, for some years unavailable, and includes two paintings by Gibran reproduced in full color, as well as twelve drawings reproduced in aquatone.’ (from rear panel)