A Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan, John - 1895

Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus, 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Altemus Young People's Library. With Numerous Illustrations. Small hardcover with dust jacket. 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 147 pages plus 4 pages of publisher's ads; frontis chromolithograph color illustration; black and white illustrations throughout. Gray cloth decorated with man standing at foot of cross, titles in silver, boards are clean, square and brigh, gift inscription in front end paper dated 1902, pages lightly toned, binding sound. Gray paper dust jacket with black illustration on front panel to match front board, rubbed and edge worn with chipping at extremities, now in protective mylar cover. Scarce in dust jacket. The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come, by John Bunyan is a Christian allegory originally published in 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English.