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The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bliss, Sands and Co, 1897. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue green cloth boards with the gilt insignia of Bliss Sands to front and attractive gilt wheat sheaf decoration and lettering to spine. Edges are bumped. Front hinge is cracked and the rear is detached with the endpaper torn. Front end paper and flyleaf are detached but present. Foxing to endpapers. Pages are age tanned with with staining to edges. Pages are rough cut. Edited by George Offor with 24 illustrations by W H Robinson 1897
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3321
- Title
- The Pilgrim's Progress
- Author
- John Bunyan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bliss, Sands and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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