Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$6.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 583pp, map illus., fold-out family trees, sun fading to cover, slight soiling & wear to cover.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius, the god and his wife Messalina. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$9.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 583 pp.
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$13.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good with very poor dust jacket. Name and city stamped on front endpaper. Covers are slightly dull with a one inch tear in cloth at bottom of spine. Dust jacket is worn and torn at all edges and corners and chipped at spine tips.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8.40 X 5.70 X 1.80 inches; 583 pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert & Podro, Joshua. Claudius the God. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$14.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edge wear to jacket. A decent early copy.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert.. Claudius the God.. N.Y:Harrison Smith Robert Haas. 1935. Hardcover., 1935.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: VG. Fold-out genealogy of Herod family and one of the tree of the Imperial Family & Connexions to year A.D.54.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition of Graves' classic. Worn, well-read book, tight, black cloth boards with gilt title and faded illustration of Claudius on cover. Pages yellowing appropriate to the book's age. 583 pages.
Seller: Book Him, Deano!, Norman, OK, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, NY, 1935.
Price: US$18.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (USA) First American eidtion. Owner's name to end paper, toning to pages, faint scuff marks to black cover cloth, the folding family tree ti the back of the book is in good order, Good used copy ; lacking the dust jacket, Black cloth with gold coin image to front cover, 583pp, This is a follow-up to I. Claudius which is Graves first nvoel based on the life of Claudius Caesar. An enjoyable book. (2.4 JM HOZ 403/b5 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Light edge wear.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, NY, 1935.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, very good with a partial dust jacket. Second issue, with gilt on the front board decoration. A little wear to the blue cloth, front hinge just slightly separated at title page. The front panel and partial spine of the jacket are laid in, and the trimmed front flap of the jacket is glued to the back of the front endpaper."April 1935" written above the flap. 583 pages with genealogical table at rear.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
GRAVES, Robert. CLAUDIUS THE GOD AND HIS WIFE MESSALINA. Harrison smith and Robert Haas, NY, 1935.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 583. VG. The story of the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Caesar . I seauel to I Claudius.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 583 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Slight normal scuffing and wear, otherwise clean and tight. Fold-out "Tree of the Imperial Family and Connections" included intact in back end papers. Name of pervious owner in pen on front end papers, small. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower edge of front end papers. Record # 2230895
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A crisp, clean book in black boards, gilt lettering, with gold coin portrait of Claudius on front panel.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God. Harrison Smith, 1935.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth, no dust jacket. Gutters darkened, spine dull, overall very good with hinges firm and internally clean.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: "The Troublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (born B.C. 10, died A.D. 54), as Described by Himself; Also His Murder at the Hands of the Notorious Agrippina (Mother of the Emperor Nero) and His Subsequent Deification , as described by others." 583p.+ 2 Fold-out genealogical tables. Gilded spine tittle and coin medallion on front cover, slightly scuffed
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book Club Edition (BCE). A Good + copy in Good dust jacket. 8vo. Black cloth in light blue dust jacket. The dust jacket is edge worn, with a sunned spine. Previous owner's book plate. Text block fore and top edge soiled. Book-of-the-Month-Club pamphlet for this title laid in. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original black cloth with gilt medallion design and spine title. Date in Roman numerals on title page. A clean, tight, unmarked copy with the usual shelf dust offsetting to top foreedge.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Troublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (born B.C. 10, died A.D. 54), as Described by Himself; Also His Murder at the Hands of the Notorious Agrippina (Mother of the Emperor Nero) and His Subsequent Deification , as described by others." 583p.+ 2 Fold-out genealogical tables. Gilded spine tittle and coin medallion on front cover. Neat, tight clean copy, name of previous owner on ffep, else near fine .
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good in fair jacket. Boards lightly soiled, pencil name on front endpaper, jacket rubbed and toned with light stain to one edge and loss from spine and top edges. 1935 Hard Cover. 583 pp. 8 5/8 x 6. Includes two fold-out genealogical trees: of the Royal Family of the Herods; and of the Imperial Family and Connexions. The second of Graves's Roman novels after I, Claudius. A historical novel with interesting insights into the early Christian church, and its conflict with Herod Agrippa, King of the Jews.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Claudius the God. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1935 Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, blue cloth hardcover with dust jacket, Good/Fair, dust jacket is faded and worn with chips and tears and badly faded spine, owner's name and date on front endpaper, slight smoky odor, 583 pages with fold-out family charts
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Claudius the God. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ISBN Hardback. Good to Very Good condition book, with some browning and foxing to edges of interior pages, browning on inside hinges from newspaper clippings, in a Good Condition dustjacket with minor chips, small closed tears,rubs and creases to edges, heavy spine fade to jacket, browning to jacket edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Early reprint edition, with same size, format, and artwork as American first edition.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, NY, 1935.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/Second State. The dustjacket is price clipped and shows some edgewear with a little fading to the spine, some rubbing and a couple of tears and is protected in a mylar cover. The binding is sound. There is a bookplate pasted inside the front cover.
Seller: Dogwood Books, Rome, GA, U.S.A.
Graves Robert. Claudius , the God. New York : Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 583 pp, front medallion faded, splitting front endpapers
Seller: footnotes, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. Harrison Smith And Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth covered boards. Gilded titling on spine. Gilded illustration on cover. Dust jacket is unclipped, but extremely edgeworn, chipped and has a few closed tears. "The troublesom reign of Tiberious Claudius Cæsar, emperor of the Romans (Born C 10, died AD 54) , as described by himself; also his murder at the hands of the notorious Afrippa (Mother of the Emperor Nero) and his subsequent deification, as described by others. " Front hinge has exposed webing at title page. Name of former owner on FFEP. Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: Peace of Mind Bookstore, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
GRAVES, ROBERT. Claudius the God. Smith, Harrison & Haas, Robert, New York, NY, 1935.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. Sequel to I, Claudius (1934), Graves's historical novel in the form of an autobiography of the Roman emperor. The two books were the source of the 1976 BBC serial, I, Claudius. Foldout family tree at rear. Partial cracking of hinge at page 583, else very good plus, lacking the dustjacket.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover, 1935 first edition, no dustjacket
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Claudius the God. Harrison Smith Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover with very good unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages are toned due to age. Dust jacket has tears on heel and center of spine, and creases on the top of cover and back.
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo bound in blue cloth with gilt-stamped decoration at front panel. Very Good in Very Good- jacket. First printing in later state jacket with "At" as first word on rear jacket flap. Jacket is price-clipped. Small strip of discoloration at tail of spine. jacket is edge-worn and faded at spine, with a faint water spot at crown. An imperfect, but still attractive copy of Grave's second novel. [AL2b]
Seller: Mausoleum Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 583 pp. Black Boards. Good with losses at corners, head and tail of spine; half-title page with tear in gutter, some pages well worn. Previous owner's signature inked inside cover. Fold-out lineages of Imperial family and royal family of Herod.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Troublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (born B.C. 10, died A.D. 54), as Described by Himself; Also His Murder at the Hands of the Notorious Agrippina (Mother of the Emperor Nero) and His Subsequent Deification , as described by others." 583p.+ 2 Fold-out genealogical tables. Neat book plate inside front cover. Gilded spine tittle and coin medallion on front cover. Dj now in plastic sleeve.
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Graves, Robert. Claudius The God. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book Club or reprint edition with its original good only jacket. The book appears to be a first edition but the jacket has no price on the flap and I will therefore conclude that book and jacket are BOMC issues. The jacket is very worn and a bit loose on the book, but it is there.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 583p., Some foxing and soiling to endpapers.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 583p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Jacket spine faded; edges worn with some small chips, tears, and creases. Mild age tonong to pages. Text clean and binding tight. Foldout Imperial Family Tree at the back. Classic novel of ancient Rome - the sequel to the author's I, CLAUDIUS.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket has minor chipping.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Claudius the God and his wife Messalina. HARRISON SMITH & ROBERT HAAS PUB, 1935.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NEW YORK NY HARRISON SMITH & ROBERT HAAS PUB 1935,22X14CM, 1935. NEAR FINE NO D.J. DARK BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND GOLD MEDALION. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF HISTORICAL FICTION BASED IN ROME, WHICH IS TODAY QUITE POPULAR. THERE IS A LARGE AND SIGNED EX LIBRIS (N.1 OF 10) DATED 1988 COMMEMORATING THE 50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO'S DEATH.
Seller: Lascar Publishing Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Price: US$148.27 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Thumb sized chip to spine heel, several chips and short tears to jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Claudius The God. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing in second issue boards, with the handsome medallion in gilt. A fine copy in very good unclipped jacket that shows some wear and tearing to edges, but remains bright; now in protective mylar. Blue boards, gilt titles, 583 pages plus two large fold outs (both fine), pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.
Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: cloth hard cover with Coint type picture of Claudius.large 8vo.583 PP.and a large folding Chart of the Imperial Family tree. near fine copy. No Jacket.
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Claudius The God. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1935.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, first state in the original cloth without the gold medallion, rare thus. A fine copy in very good unclipped jacket and tearing to edges, but remains bright; now in protective mylar. Blue boards, gilt titles, 583 pages plus two large fold outs (both fine), the original price of 3.00 intact. a pretty copy of the sequel to I Claudius.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD D.J. SARNER WITH CARL HAHN BELIEVES IT THE BOOK CLUB ISSUE DARK BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND GOLD MEDALION ON THE FRONT COVER. D.J. WITH FLAPS WHOSE TEXT BEGINS "IN A.D. 41." ON THE FRONT FLAP AND "AT THE HEIGHT OF ." ON THE REAR FLAP WITHOUT A PRINTED PRICE. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT BUT JUST A TRACE OF SOILING. D.J. IS WORN AT THE FRONT VERTICAL FOLD, CORNERS, AND SPINE ENDS WITH A THUMB-NAIL SIZE PIECE MISSING FORM THE TOP REAR SPINE CORNER VERY SLIGHTLY AFFECTING THE "C" IN CLAUDIUS, NUMEROUS SHORT EDGE TEARS AND THE SPINE IS COLOR FADED AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. EVEN IF HAHN IS CORRECT ABOUT THE BOOK, IT SEEMS TO ME THE BOOK CLUB ISSUE MAY WELL BE EARLIER THAN THE TRADE SINCE THE D.J. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT PRICED, APPEARS TO BE EARLIER THAN THE VERSION THAT HAS THE INSERTED ADDITIONAL TEXT AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT FLAP WHICH HAS CAUSED THE TYPESET FOR BOTH FLAPS TO HAVE BEEN ALTERED FOR HAHN'S FIRST ISSUE, WITH THE REAR FLAP NOW BEGINNING WITH "SUDDENLY". IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ARGUE THAT THE CHANGED FLAP TEXT ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE CHRONOLOGICALLY PRIOR TO THE ONE WITHOUT THE ADDITION. ALSO THE BACK PANEL FULL OF SMITH AND HASS PRICED BOOKS WOULD BE VERY UNUSUAL FOR ANY BOOK CLUB EDITION D.J. SO ARGUES FOR IT TO BE INTENDED FOR THE TRADE EDITION. SO MAYBE THE BOOK CLUB ISSUE IS THE FIRST ISSUE. IN ANY CASE EITHER ONE IS SCARCE IN D.J. AND THERE IS NO KNOWN 2ND PRINTING. . FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover, corner chips, edge wear, prior owner name blacked out.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.