THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1899. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS- John Bunyan- Illustrated- Lothrop Publishing Co- Boston- sa, nd- 1899-1st Thus- Large Hardcover:-4to-Fair++-Good/ no dj as issued- Illustrated paper boards with color illustration on front and B&W illustration on back, red title outlayed in gilt along with figure of the Pilgrim- 1/4 red cloth spine-boards ar rubbed, especially at extremities but binding is solid-rounded and frayed corners are soft- illustrated throughout with in text b&w illustrations along with 3 chromo-litho colored plates which are more than exceptional and the pictures do not do them justice-they are remarkable!- 265pp all clean, couple dogeared pages-all pages are double bordered-some tinly corner creaseson last few pages not affecting-- gift inscrptionin pencil says" given to me by grandpa about 1910" so it must have been with this person for a long time so that no sound date could be established in her memory-SEE PHOTOS- Previously owned by Mississquoi Museum at Stanbridge-East, Quebec- An extremly scarce version of Pilgrim's Progress- THIS IS NOT THE COMMON ONE WITH MCCAULAY'S ESSAY ON THE BOOK-Only 5 holdings of this edition in World Cat: OCLC Number: 11167765-Description: [45]-265 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm.- Responsibility: by John Bunyan.-Fiction-juvenile-religion-inspirational-illustrated (3316) . 1st Edition Thus. 1/4 Cloth & Illustrated Boards. Fair++-Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.