The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come
by John Bunyan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Moseley, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: F. Houlston and Son, 1811. Hardcover. Near Fine. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH INLAID LEATHER ILLUSTRATION OF CHRISTIAN TO FRONT COVER. BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME FAINT COSMETIC WEAR TO EXTRIMITES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, SILK END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS, BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE STEEL ENGRAVINGS AND LARGE FOLD OUT PLATE IN COLOR, BOOKS MEASURE 9"x6". 209 YEARS OLD. A STUNNING EXAMPLE IN SCARCE RIVIERE BINDING..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reagan's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 297
- Title
- The Pilgrim's Progress
- Author
- John Bunyan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- F. Houlston and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1811
- Keywords
- Illustrated, 209 Years Old, Fine Leather Inlaid Binding, Scarce, Bound By Bayntun
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All books are carefully bubble wrapped and packed in a box with adequate packing peanuts to prevent any damage in shipment.
All books are shipped with delivery confirmation and tracking. Books are automatically insured.
100% satisfaction guaranteed. Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Reagan's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Moseley, Virginia
About Reagan's Rare Books
Reagan's Rare Books specializes in fine bindings and leather bound books dating primarily from the 18th century to early 20th century in a wide range of subject matter such as History, Americana, and Literature.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...