Podro Graves (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Edge wear to jacket. A decent early copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First U.K. Edition. 1st UK edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Previous owner's ink comments in margins on pg. 3. Minor rubbing to black boards, otherwise very good.

Fair to Good hardback, no jacket, noticeable binding crack between pages 6 and 7, areas of fade to front board, spine faded with some soiling, bumping at spine ends and a small chip/tear at the lower end of spine, some soiling/isolated staining to lower board, pages have darkened with age, 982 pages, uncommon title, we ship in boxes, not bags, LOC1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket. Thick paper dustjacket is darkened, especially to spine and price clipped. Black cloth is very slightly faded to top edge. Foxing to front internal hinge otherwise internally clean. Very good / good condiiton.

Moderate wear to book including bumping to corners and edges; light foxing to cloth covered boards and spine; light tanning to page-ends; jacket has small chips/tears to edges, corners and spine ends with some paper loss to bottom spine-end and left corner; text is clean, unmarked; binding remains tight and square; jacket is in Mylar; a Very Good copy; ships from California, USA; International orders may require additional shipping charge due to weight of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth in dust jacket (light fading to bottom of front panel, but still a very nice copy).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 89. First Edition. In very good condition, with minor shelf-wear to the dust-jacket such as small marks and slight creasing top and bottom of spine. Black cloth boards also in good condition with minor scuffs and corners still sharp. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate on front end-paper. Some mjnor creases in the corner of some pages but no significant marks or creasing. Robert Graves and Joshua Podro maintain that Jesus, though officially crucified in A.D. 30, escaped alive, probably to Parthia, and in A.D. 35 was seen on the road to Damascus by St. Paul - who had been sent there to bring Him back for a second Crucifixion. What eventually became of Jesus, they leave an open question; critically discussing Moslem and pre-Moslem accounts of His appearance in India, about A.D. 50, and of His burial by St. Thomas at Sringar not later than the year A.D. 72. Robert Graves was an English poet, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. The buff coloured, unclipped dust jacket is in good condition with only a few chips and nicks at the top and bottom of the spine area. There is a little offsetting on the front suggestive of 'shadowing' from a book perhaps lying on it or next to it, or in a bookcase, in the past. The black cloth covered book with gilt titling on the spine is in very good condition with only faint dust markings on the boards. The text block is clean and tight. xi, 175pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. No Jacket. Black hardcover with vibrant gold title and authors on the spine. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. There is some scattered underlining and notations. A few notations on the lfep and back paste down. The inside gutter is split after the first two pages, exposes the webbing. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected parchment-colored dust jacket (front flap price clipped; rear flap with price not clipped) with red and black lettering, xi, [xii: blank] + 175 pages. RARE title, especially in this EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. The cloth is tight, clean, and the text is clean--a light tincture of toning--with a NEAR FINE but RARE dust jacket with only a few small nicks at the head of the spine, slight rubbing, and a somewhat faded spine. Fascinating summary of what Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)--with the assistance of Josh Podro on Jewish resources--believed Jesus actually said and did--at least according to the primitive Nazarene Gospel, which was mentioned by several early Christian fathers. The detailed, exhaustive (and occasionally quite speculative) reconstruction was previously set forth in the author's massive and unabridged Nazarene Gospel Restored (1954). Though poet-classisist Robert Graves occcasionally (often?) becomes too speculative, this controversial volume anticipates conclusions reached much later by Morton Smith and The Jesus' Seminar. Graves is well known for his poetry, classical and mythographic studies such as The Greek Myths; the historical fiction such as the novel I, Claudius; and his wild poetic excursion The White Goddess. Less well known Joshua Podro was a journalist and prominent Zionist with expertise in ancient Jewish sources and traditions. He and Graves also coauthored the speculative Jesus in Rome.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. No ownership marks. Dustwrapper partly toned and slightly edge-worn but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: xi, 175pp.

First US edition. xxiv, 982 pages. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; Jacket toned, especially to the spine with some loss to the spine ends and tear at foot of spine edge; Great cloth in very good condition.

First edition. xii, 175pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper dulled and sunned. Internally immaculate, A near fine copy. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'To Leanne and Frank / with love / Joshua / 3 March 1955'. The first edition of a summary of the conclusions of Robert Graves (1895-1985) - with the assistance of expert on Hebrao-Aramaic aspects of primitive Christianity Joshua Podro - regarding the Gospel of the Nazarenes, the traditional but hypothetical name given by scholars to distinguish references to, or citations of, non- canonical Jewish-Christian Gospels extant in patristic writings. The exhaustive, and often speculative, reconstruction was previously set forth in the author's substantial unabridged Nazarene Gospel Restored (1954). Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. 8vo. Original cloth in dust jacket (unevenly faded, but not price-clipped and without chips). First Edition stated. An uncommon title in the first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is bound in black boards with lightly faded gilt letters on the spine. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The end papers & insides of the covers are lightly spotted. The title page has a crease on the bottom corner. The text block edges are slightly dirty. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "First published 1953" on the verso with the date MCMLIII on the title page. This book weighs over 1 kilo so extra postage may be required.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo. 1021 pp. Original gilt stamped black cloth in dustjacket. A quite scarce book, particulary in dustwrapper. Jacket with a few short tears; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown.

First US edition, first printing. Originally published in the UK the preceding year. Scarce. Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine gilt on black ground, top edge red. With dust jacket. Extremities lightly rubbed. An excellent copy in a rubbed jacket with detached rear flap (laid in) and a few small chips and nicks.