The Pilgrim's Progress and Holy War with Memoir, Notes, and Illustrations

8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth, boards elaborately blocked in black and gilt with a design of an angel and a pilgrim, spine similarly decorated and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with wood-engraved plates, including the frontispiece "Christian at the Wicket-Gate." Complete text and illustrations. Condition: Good. Hinges are cracked at both front and rear, with the binding mesh visible at the front joint; the text block, however, remains firmly and securely attached to the case. Spine cloth is lifting and fraying at the head and tail, with no loss of cloth. Boards show light rubbing at the extremities. All edges remain gilt and bright. A contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper reads: "All Saints Parish Magazine, 1st Division Bible Class, Reward, Kate Poignand, Christmas 1886" — a dated and named Victorian Sunday-school prize inscription, noted here as a point of provenance. An attractively bound, gilt-decorated Victorian gift edition of Bunyan's classics, complete and sound despite the cracked hinges noted above, with a charming dated reward inscription.…