The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come;
by Bunyan, John. Illustrated by J. D. Watson. (Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series)
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London, Routledge, nd (C 1850's);. A New Edition, with a Memoir principally selected from 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners' by John Allen Archdeacon of SalopHardback. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series . xviii, 448pp with portrait frontis. plus 48 illustrations by J. D. Watson. Marbled endpapers. Original red half leather boards with gilt decoration & title on spine and five raised bands. Boards detached ( Taped ). Internally tightly bound and clean. A good hard to find edition. .
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The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World, To That Which Is To Come, written by writer and preacher John Bunyan while in prison, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature. In the Christian allegory, the characters function as embodiments of the moral qualities in their names: Christian, Christiana, Great-heart, and Hopeful, to name a few.
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- The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come;
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- Bunyan, John. Illustrated by J. D. Watson. (Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- London, Routledge, nd (C 1850's);
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