The Pilgrim's Progress and The Life & Death of Mr. Badman
by john Bunyan
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- Hardcover
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Mourioux Vieilleville, France
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About This Item
(London), Nonesuch Press, 1928, 8vo, pp. 22, xxiii, 450 (1); original decorated cloth binding, vellum label at spine; top edges rough gilt. - Introduced by G.B. Harrison and illustrated with 8 full-page woodcuts by Karl Michel, and these finely coloured through stencils at the Curwen Press. Printed in Caslon monotype and Deutsche Zierschrift. An edition of 1600 numbered copies, all on Arches paper. - Dreyfus 55; Bertram Rota, The Printer and the Artist (1974), N° 122. - Tape residue marks in the corners of the end-papers, but otherwise a very good copy (see pictures). - [Extra shipping cost will be asked for all destinations out with Europe]
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- Capricedardour (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 281
- Title
- The Pilgrim's Progress and The Life & Death of Mr. Badman
- Author
- john Bunyan
- Illustrator
- Karl Michel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1600 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 22, xxiii, 450
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Francis Meynell
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- Books (first editions, illustrated, private press);
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