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Bunyan, John; Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes (Illustrators). The Pilgrim's Progress (The Hughes-Stanton / Hermes Pilgrim's Progress) - 2 volume set. Cresset Press, London, 1928.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: (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.

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress [2 Volume Set]. Cresset Press, London, 1928.

Price: US$1104.61 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardbacks, original black stained vellum bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles to spines and front boards, no slipcase. Each volume 37cm x 28cm. Pp. 174, [1], 162. Wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. No. 51 of a limited edition of 195 copies. Printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper by the Shakespeare Head Press. Spines slightly faded, a few light abrasions to boards. A very heavy set, additional postage will be required for orders outside the UK.

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. Cresset Press, London, 1928.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Description: 174 & 162 pages. Large 4to, 36 x 25 cm, ten full-page wood-engraved plates: six by Blair Hughes-Stanton, and four by Gertrude Hermes. Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press under the direction of Bernard Newdigate. As Roderick Cave noted [see: THE PRIVATE PRESS, p.183], "As Colin Franklin has so well put it in a phrase in which he linked Morris, Cobden-Sanderson, Hornby, and Newdigate, the books appear as if the literary works were privately digested as well as printed, and presented in the form proper to them." Printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper in 18 pt. Cloister, in a Limited edition, copy 31 of 195. 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. Slight fade to backstrips. Orig. thick black boards lettered in gilt. Teg. Near fine in fine matching slipcase. 2 vols

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Bunyan, John. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. The Cresset Press, London, 1928.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: Limited to 195 copies (copy no167) on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Two volumes. Folio. (viii), 174p, colophon; (viii), 162p, colophon. Illustrated with ten brilliant wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton (6) and Gertrude Hermes (4). Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in black dyed vellum with titles in gilt on spines and upper covers, t.e.g. A masterpiece of wood engraved illustration and private press printing. Hughes-Stanton, no. 4; Ransom 5. Spots of color loss to the dyed vellum covers, which is common for this book. Contents are brilliant and fresh as new Limited to 195 copies (copy no167) on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper.

Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.