Jesus The Son of a Man.
His words and his deeds as told and recorded by those who knew him.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1928 Stock Code: 138648
With the well-preserved jacket
First edition, first printing, of Gibran's imaginative biography of Jesus, made up of poetic character sketches voiced by "those who knew him".Description
Octavo. Original black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, design by Gibran in gilt to front cover. With dust jacket.
Illustrations
Illustrated frontispiece and plates, vignette designs to title page and in the text.
Condition
Head of spine lightly bumped, otherwise a clean, tight copy, in the jacket with very light soiling, minor nicking at extremities, short closed tear with tape repair on verso at foot of rear panel, yet still in unusually nice condition.
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