The Pilgrim’s Progress
BUNYAN, John
A New Edition, adorned with Cuts. [Parts I, II and III together]
BUNYAN IMPERFECT BUT RARE
Published: Printed for T. Wilkins No. 23 Aldermanbury, 1797
Stock code: 28100
Price: £412.00
3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo., with woodcut frontispiece and 18 woodcut plates, separate pagination for each of the three parts, frontispiece and title mildly age-soiled, some lighter age-soiling throughout (rather heavier on a few blank margins), neat nineteenth century inscription on front paste-down, PART III WANTING LAST TWO LEAVES; nineteenth century full roan, back with flat bands in blind, neatly rebacked to style with old backstrip laid down, wanting original label (but lettering just legible in blind), a firm, crisp copy.
'Wherein is discovered I. The Manner of his Setting-Out; II: His dangerous Journey; and III: His late Arrival at the Desired Country. Also that of Christian's Wife and Children following after him'. The woodcuts are delightfully naïve as befits a mock-chapbook treatment. A VERY SCARCE EDITION, ALBEIT WANTING TWO LEAVES. ESTC locates only 4 copies: BL; Birmingham; Quebec; Florida.