The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come.
by Bunyan, John
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, New York and San Francisco: Belford, Clark & Co., 1888. First edition thus. Dated 1888 at title page. Solid example of fine craftsmanship. Dk. brown cloth boards, ornately stamped floral cover and spine design w/relief spine titles on gilt field, moderate shelf wear. Pages very good. Frontispiece illustration of "Christian reading his book." Brown on white floral patterned endpapers. Bind solid; hinges intact. Christmas inscription at frt. endp. appears to say: Susy E. Jonas, from her sincere friend, Judy E. Barret, Dec. 25th, 1888". Includes 77 page "The Life of John Bunyan". The Pilgrim's Progress tells the story of a man named Christian pursuing his pilgrimage through Vanity Fair, the Slough of Despond and the Delectable Mountains on his path towards the Celestial City and is one of the world's most famous religious allegories. John Bunyan wrote the first part of his tract while in prison for his religious beliefs, and it remains a supreme classic of the seventeenth-century English Puritan tradition. Yet, he also created a profound folk-epic of the universal imagination, one that has had an immeasurable influence on the writing that followed it ever since. Dozen pages of Popular Books selected from the catalogue of Belford, Clarke & Co. at back. 422 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
Synopsis
The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World, To That Which Is To Come, written by writer and preacher John Bunyan while in prison, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature. In the Christian allegory, the characters function as embodiments of the moral qualities in their names: Christian, Christiana, Great-heart, and Hopeful, to name a few.
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- BiblioStax
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- 017707
- Title
- The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come.
- Author
- Bunyan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Belford, Clark & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, New York and San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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