A really beautifully produced facsimile on fine paper of the true first edition [1678] of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Very attractively bound by B.H. Blackwell Ltd, Oxford in half crushed morocco with raised bands, subtle Arts & Crafts tooling, marbled endpapers, and top-edge gilt in gold. A lovely example.
Bunyan, John. The Noel Douglas Replicas. John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress. The Pilgrim's Progress was Published in 1678 - Until Recently Only One Copy of the First Edition was Known to Exist - There are now Six Known Copies of which Two have Errata on the Last Page and Some Misprints in Pagination Corrected - it is Probable that the Addition and Corrections were made in Course of Printing - while all are Generally Recognised as of the First Edition Four Only Contain these Pages in their Original Form - the Copy here Reproduced is the One of the four which is in the King's Library of the British Museum. London. Noel Douglas. 1928. 233pp.
Very good condition, leather freshly consolidated; linen boards are a bit handled. Textually exceptionally crisp and clean. Slightest foxing on foredge. Small fine inscription on ffep to Kingsley Driver upon his ordination [1938]. A superb copy.
