THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.

By John Bunyan.


Of this Edition on “O.W.” Paper only 100 Copies have been printed, of which this is No.16.


Published by George Newnes Ltd, London. Printed MDCCCCI (1901).


Illustrated and Signed by Edmund J Sullivan. Edmund Joseph Sullivan (1869–1933), usually known as E. J. Sullivan, was a British book illustrator who worked in a style which merged the British tradition of illustration from the 1860s with aspects of Art Nouveau.


Each book measures 14cm x 19cm.


Please check all photographs for a good understanding of the condition.

Pre owned with some signs of age/use. Matching quarter paper vellum bindings, with paper covered boards. Bumping to spines head and tail, with noticeable splitting and loss at the head of the spines. General age/use surface discolouration, spines darkened in particular. Boards shelf worn, bottom edge more so. Gilt title on spines bright, although a little worn. Boards holding well, firm with no exterior/interior cracking of the hinges. Text blocks in good reading condition, holding well with no loose/missing pages. Top edge gilt, dulled and dusty, all other edges are rough cut. A few pages remain joined together, not yet cut. Previous owner glued in name plate, Dick Ullman, on the first blank end paper of both volumes.


Overall both volumes remain in good reading condition, a scarce edition with fascinating illustrations and signed by E. J. Sullivan. With as described clear signs of age, use and wear, similar across both volumes.


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