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A True Relation of the Holy War, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; or, the Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul
by John Bunyan (George Burder, notes)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
Good- HC. Contemporary full sheep leather over boards with leather spine label, gilt letters. Clean, scuffed covers and spine; some rubbing wear at edges, boards exposed at lower fore corners; 3/4 inch split at spine head; 1 inch square missing at spine tail; spine label gilt mostly effaced; partial split at rear cover/spine joint; tightly bound; owner name and date (1836?) in contemporary ink on front free end paper; approximately 1/3 of fold-out frontispiece engraving is present; 4 other engravings present: 2 are torn but complete, 1 is torn and missing lower fore corner, 1 is complete; 1 interior leaf is torn horizontally across middle; all sections present and bound in. Leather remains supple - a very adequate reading copy. 16mo, 363 pp. Cf, Shaw & Shoemaker #43482; OCLC #1689426.
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- Madden Books
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- 15421
- Title
- A True Relation of the Holy War, made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; or, the Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul
- Author
- John Bunyan (George Burder, notes)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: M'Carty and Davis
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BUNYAN, ALLEGORY, CHRISTIANITY, PROTESTANT
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