Jun 21, 2012 - Sale 2282

Sale 2282 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 175
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
BUNYAN, JOHN. The Pilgrim's Progress. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by R. White; wood-engraved additional title and a profusion of text illustrations by the Dalziel brothers after William Harvey. Initial ad leaf. 12 parts. 8vo, original wrappers, generally quite well preserved, with only a few stains or minor tears on covers, parts 8 and 12 slightly shaken; contents clean; cloth chemise and slipcase. London: David Bogue, 1850

Additional Details

with--First Edition in book form. Thick 4to, publisher's dark teal morocco with gilt-lettered spine and faux bands stamped in black, extremities rubbed, joints tender and hinges cracked, all edges trimmed and gilt; contemporary London bookseller's ticket of Varty & Owen, Strand, on front pastedown. London: Bogue, 1850.