Bunyan John Sturt (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Reprint. 1. Quarter bound in publisher's dark green leather over brown boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with the engravings of J. Sturt, originally used in the 1728 edition. . Head and heel of spine are heavily rubbed with lighter rubbing on the rest of the spine, one small gouge in the middle of the spine, front hinge cracked, former owner's gift inscription (book was given as a school prize) with name and date of school on fep, else pristine, unmarked, square and clean. GOOD. B&W engravings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 290 pp. Illustrated by J. Sturt (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 290pp, well-illustrated from copper engravings by J. Sturt (22) , hardcover, 8vo, bound in cream pictorial boards, brown cloth spine, gilt lettered, book in very good condition, accompanying brown slipcase but quite scratched and marked, The Folio Society, London, 2001. STURT, J. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: good. . in slipcase with some wear, rubbing to leather spine, 1st, mwith copper engravings contents clean & tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Book in slipcase. Slipcase Acceptable. (christianity, christian fiction, press books).

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair. Well illustrated Edition, with 21 Full-Page Engraved Plates. Title page, dated 1775. Period Brown Sheep Leather binding with gilt horizontal divisions on spine. Front board detached but present. Ffep and Frontispiece missing. Title page loose. Rest of text block firm. No inscriptions. Sturt, J. (illustrator). …

Full Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. [Thirtieth Edition]. Among the most renowned works of Christian allegory. Two parts bound together in contemporary binding of full brown leather; plain borders blocked in gilt (quite bright) to front/rear boards; plain rules blocked in gilt (slightly dulled/worn) to spine, with five raised bands/six compartments. Collation (Part I): no front free-endpaper; frontispiece (portrait of John Bunyan, engraved by J. Sturt); title page (Thirtieth Edn., 'Adorned with curious Sculptures, engraven by J. Sturt'; printed for W. Johnston, Ludgate-street, London, 1760); Preface, pp.iii-viii; Author's Apology, pp.ix-xvi; text pp.1-212; Conclusion, [ii]pp.; illus. 14 engraved plates (in addition to frontispiece). Collation (Part II): no front free-endpaper; engraved frontispiece ('Christiana and her Children set out on Pilgrimage'); title page (printed Edinburgh, 1759); 'The Author's Way of sending forth his Second Part of the Pilgrim', [x]pp.; text, pp.1-196; publisher's advertisement ('The following Books, by the same Author, are all printed for and sold by W. Johnston at the Golden Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard'/'Just Published.A New Geographical and Historical Grammar. by Mr. Salmon.'), [2]pp.; illus. 6 engraved plates (in addition to frontispiece). Scuffed spine slightly worn at tail, but intact/robust; small split (approx. 2omm) to front joint at top; scuffed/scored boards worn at corners, but robust; page edges tanned; moderate browning to front paste-down endpaper at gutter; p.165/166 has loss (approx. 35mm x 15mm to bottom corner (outer margin only - text totally unaffected); rear paste-down endpaper moderately soiled; text generally fresh, pages clean/bright/quite crisp. Binding firm, all intact. Printed armorial bookplate of 'Thomas Berney Esq. Bracon Ash, Norfolk' (motto: 'Fidelis usque ad Mortem') to front paste-down endpaper; neat name/date written in ink to verso frontispiece. Good. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Illus. by J. STURT (illustrator). Hardback.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A richly illustrated edition of Bunyan"s "Pilgrim"s Progress," with both parts in one volume, twenty engraved plates and a contemporary panelled calf binding. In a contemporary panelled calf binding, rebacked with later calf, endpapers renewed. Original endpapers loosely inserted. The thirty-first edition, comprising both parts bound together in one volume. Bunyan"s first part was originally published in 1678, with the second following in 1684. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and nineteen engraved plates. Collated, complete. ESTC No.: N492956. The Pilgrim"s Progress is Bunyan"s celebrated Christian allegory, following Christian"s journey from the City of Destruction towards the Celestial City and the spiritual trials, temptations and companions encountered along the way. The second part follows Christian"s wife, Christiana, and their children as they undertake the same pilgrimage. John Bunyan (1628-1688) was an English preacher and writer whose imprisonment for unlicensed preaching provided the circumstances in which he began composing The Pilgrim"s Progress. An appealing illustrated edition of Bunyan"s enduring religious allegory. In a contemporary panelled calf binding, rebacked with later calf, endpapers renewed. Previous endpapers loosely inserted.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing to boards with the odd light scratch and scuff mark. 2pp. of ink manuscript notes to loosely inserted endpapers, dated 1913. Edge wear to loosely inserted endpapers. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two very minor handling marks and spots to fore edge. Very Good Indeed. J. Sturt (illustrator). book.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 580.