The Pilgrim's Progress (The Hughes-Stanton / Hermes Pilgrim's Progress) - 2 volume set

  • Hardcover
  • London: Cresset Press, 1928
By Bunyan, John; Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes (Illustrators)
London: Cresset Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. (viii), 175; (viii), 163pp. Folio [37 cm] Full black parchment vellum with gold spine lettering, and raised bands. Top edges gilt. Light wear to covers; corners lightly worn; spines spotted; spines a bit chipped at the foot. No slipcase. Printed in an edition limited to 195 numbered copies printed by Bernard Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. This copy is numbered 66. The text for volume I from the 11th edition, published 1688, which represents Bunyan's final revision; Vol. II taken from the 2nd edition, published 1687. Beautiful wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. The text for Vol. I from the 11th edition, published 1688, which represents Bunyan's final revision; Vol. II taken from the 2nd edition, published 1687.

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