A69 THE NAZARENE GOSPEL RESTORED 1953
a. First edition:
THE | NAZARENE GOSPEL | RESTORED | By | ROBERT GRAVES | AND | JOSHUA PODRO | [publisher’s emblem] | CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED | LONDON | MCMLIII
Collation: [1]/1*8/82/2*–32/32*8/8 33/33*4/8,524 leaves
p [i] THE NAZARENE GOSPEL RESTORED; p.[ii] list of books by Graves; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, publication and printer’s notices; pp.v–ix CONTENTS; p.[x] blank; pp.xi–xxiii FOREWORD; p.[xxiv] blank; p.[1] PART ONE; p.[2] blank; pp.3–41 text; p.[42] blank; p.[43] PART TWO; p.[44] blank; pp.45–827 text; p.[828] blank; p.[829] PART THREE; p.[830] blank; pp.831–833 SUMMARY OF CRITICAL PRINCIPLES; p.[834] blank; p.[835] THE NAZARENE GOSPEL; pp.836–1011 text; p.[1012] blank; p.[1013] CHAPTER INDEX; p.[1014] blank; pp. 1015–1021 CHAPTER INDEX; pp. [1022]–[1024] blank.
24.2 × 15.4 cm. Bulk: 3.4/4.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in black cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: [heavy rule] | [light rule] | [decorative rule] | THE | NAZARENE | GOSPEL | RESTORED | [decorative rule] | [light rule] | [heavy rule] | ROBERT GRAVES | AND | JOSHUA PODRO | CASSELL
Price: 63s. Number of copies: 2,981. Published 22 October 1953 in white dust-jacket printed in grey, red and black.
Contents: Foreword – Part One: I. Curiosities of New Testament Criticism – II. The Pauline Heresy – III. The Hand of Simon Magus – IV. The Process of Gospel-Making – Part Two: [parallel texts of the Gospels, commentary and reconstruction] – Part Three: Summary of Critical Principles – Prolegomena to the Nazarene Gospel – The Nazarene Gospel [in 53 chapters] – Epilegomena by James the Just unto the Faithful – Chapter Index
Note: A first English edition, American issue was published c.1969 and consists of English sheets with an American (Doubleday) title-page: THE | NAZARENE GOSPEL | RESTORED | By | ROBERT GRAVES | AND | JOSHUA PODRO | DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
The binding is as A69a, except ‘DOUBLEDAY’ replaces ‘CASSELL’ on the spine. The modified English dust-jacket is priced $12.50 on the front flap; the rear flap has ‘Printed in Great Britain’; the back panel is blank; on the spine panel ‘DOUBLEDAY’ replaces ‘CASSELL’.
A69b. First American edition (1954):
THE | NAZARENE GOSPEL | RESTORED | by | ROBERT GRAVES | and | JOSHUA PODRO | [publisher’s emblem] | Garden City, New York | DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | 1954
Collation: [1]–[30]16 [31]8 [32]16, 504 leaves.
p.[i] THE | NAZARENE GOSPEL | RESTORED; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] copyright, printer’s and publication notices; pp.v–xvii FOREWORD; p.[xviii] blank; pp.xix–xxiv CONTENTS; p. [1] Part One; p.[2] blank; pp.[3]4–42 text; p.[43] Part Two; p.[44] blank; pp.[45]46–790 text with p.[118] being a genealogical table; p.[791] Part Three; p.[792] blank; pp. [793] 794–795 text; p.[796] blank; pp.[797]–[798]799–975 text; p.[976] blank; pp.[977]978–982 CHAPTER INDEX; pp.[983] – [984] blank; unnumbered pages throughout each chapter.
23.2 × 15.4 cm. Bulk: 4.7/5.3 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained red. White wove endpapers. Bound in grey cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: [ten lines in solid black rectangular box:] [light rule] | [heavy rule] | [light rule] | THE | NAZARENE | GOSPEL | RESTORED | [light rule] | [heavy rule] | [light rule] | ROBERT GRAVES | AND | JOSHUA PODRO | DOUBLEDAY
Price: $10.00. Number of copies: 5,000. Published 15 July 1954 in white dust-jacket printed in light grey-green, red and black.
A69c. Partial edition (1955):
THE | NAZARENE GOSPEL | by | ROBERT GRAVES and JOSHUA PODRO | Being PART III (text only) | of their |` NAZARENE GOSPEL RESTORED | [publisher’s emblem] | CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED | LONDON | MCMLV
Collation: [1]8 2–128, 96 leaves.
p.[i] THE NAZARENE GOSPEL; p.[ii] list of books by Graves; p. [iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, printer’s and copyright notices; pp.v–vi CONTENTS; pp.vii–ix SUMMARY OF CRITICAL PRINCIPLES; p.x NOTE; p.xi PROLEGOMENA; p.[xii] blank; pp.1–175text;pp.[176]–[178]blank.
24.6 × 15.4 cm. Bulk: 1.4/2.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in black cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: [heavy rule] | [light rule] | THE | NAZARENE | GOSPEL | [light rule] | [heavy rule] | ROBERT | GRAVES | AND | JOSHUA | PODRO | CASSELL
Price: 15s. Number of copies: 756. Published 24 February 1955 in cream dust-jacket printed in black and red.
Contents: Part III only of A69a.
A69d. Second English edition (2010):
[within a swelled rule cartouche:] ROBERT GRAVES | and JOSHUA PODRO | [rule] | THE NAZARENE GOSPEL | RESTORED | [rule] | Edited by | JOHN W. PRESLEY | CARCANET
Collation: [i-v] vi-ix [x-xi] xii-xxxi [xxxii] xxxiii [xxxiv] xxxv-xlvii [xlviii] xlix-li [lii] [1-2] 3-41 [42-44] 45-827 [828-830] 831-833 [834-835] 836-1011 [1012-1014] 1015-1021 [1022-1023] 1024-1045 [1046-1052], 552 leaves.
p. [i] ROBERT GRAVES & JOSHUA PODRO | The Nazarene Gospel Restored; p.[ii] list of books in the publisher’s Robert Graves Programme; p. [iii] title-page; p. [iv] Acknowledgement, publisher’s, copyright, CIP catalogue record, rights reservation, financial assistance, and printer’s notices; pp. [v]vi-ix Contents; p. [x] blank; pp. [xi]xii-xxxi Introduction; p. [xxxii]-xxxiii Note on the Text; p. [xxxiv] Works Consulted; pp. xxxv-xlvii Foreword; p. [xlviii]xlix-li Foreword to the Proposed Edition; p.[lii] blank; p. [1] PART ONE; p.[2] blank; pp. 3-41 text; p. [42] blank; p. [43] PART TWO; p. [44] blank; pp. 45-827 text; p. [828] blank; p. [829] PART THREE; p. [830 blank; pp. 831-833 Summary of Critical Principles; p. [834] blank; p. [835] The Nazarene Gospel; pp. 836-1011 text; p. [1012] blank; p. [1013 Chapter Index; p. [1014] blank; pp. 1015-1021 Chapter Index; p. [1022] blank; pp. [1023]1024-1045 Appendix; pp. [1046]-[1051] blank; p. [1052] blank, with printed label giving edition size and book number.
21.5 × 13.8 cm. Bulk: 4.4/5.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers in pale fawn with a repeated motif in white: [within a cartouche:] Robert | Graves. Bound in black cloth; front and back blank; spine: [in two lines:] ROBERT GRAVES | and JOSHUA PODRO | [in three lines:] THE NAZARENE GOSPEL | RESTORED | Edited by John W. Presley | [at foot, upright:] CARCANET
Price: £50.00. Number of copies: 250. Published 21 December 2010 in cream laid dust-jacket printed in black and tan. Dust-jacket designed by Stephen Raw.