The Pilgrim's progress and other works of John Bunyan / the prefaces, indices, and the text revised by George Offor; with copious notes, original and selected, and an original memoir of the author by George B. Cheever
by Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
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About This Item
Glasgow : W. Mackenzie, [1866], 1866. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Finely re-bound in modern gilt-blocked buckram with gilt cross-bands and spine ornamentation. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 942 pages; Description: xxxii, 942 ; illus.: engravings, incl. title and frontis, 31p. of plates, incl. 2 fold-out ; 29 x 22cm. Subjects: English fiction -- Christian literature.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175139
- Title
- The Pilgrim's progress and other works of John Bunyan / the prefaces, indices, and the text revised by George Offor; with copious notes, original and selected, and an original memoir of the author by George B. Cheever
- Author
- Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition in this form
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Glasgow : W. Mackenzie, [1866]
- Date Published
- 1866
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- Gilt
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