The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream.
by Bunyan, John
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1872. Book. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover Re-Issue. Octavo. iv +. 491 (3) pp, illus. faint ink Inscription ffep. Age-toned text block with foxed prelims. No markings, binding tight with slight forward lean, front gutter paper cracked, hinge still tight, pages unmarked, clean, somewhat stiff, exterior rubbed but intelligible spine letters & design. 5.25" x 7.75". Green cloth with decorative gilt lettering to spine..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8421
- Title
- The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream.
- Author
- Bunyan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Hardcover Re-Issue
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ENGLISH CHRISTIAN ALLEGORY SYMBOLIC VISION
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
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- New
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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