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Grade 4 Up A beautifully produced, large-format version of Bunyan's classic. Although all aspects of the book are skillfully handled, the illustrations are the real key to its effectiveness. Intricately detailed and constructed in a fluid, energetic, well-balanced style, they sweep across the pages dramatically. Some are small, but most are full- or double-page spreads with the text in a large, elegant typeface arranged in a variety of patterns around them. The good people are handsome, suitably heroic and rather bland, but the villains are sharply and wittily portrayed. They brim with a sly, evil, vulgar vitality. The costume and setting of 17th-Century England are faithfully detailed. Gloomy dungeons, dark forests, black rivers and gray-clouded skies sustain the mood of danger and hardship. Rhythmic and stately, the prose is appropriate to the original without being obscure, and it reads aloud well. This religious allegory makes a rousing adventure story, an interesting historical commentary and an amusing satire on church and society. The multiple levels make it useful for a variety of ages, provided the picture book format is not a barrier. Although libraries may already have good versions of Pilgrim's Progress such as the one retold by Mary Godolphin and illustrated by Robert Lawson (Lippincott, 1939; o.p.) or Christian's Journey (Abingdon, 1980; o.p.) by Rhoda Couldridge, this one should be considered. Pat Pearl, First Presbyterian Church Library, Martinsville, Va.
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Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. reprint. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have little to no wear. edges of pages have little to no wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has little to no wear. Seller Inventory # 5036479
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001173650
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Seller: Beca Books, Caernarfon, GWYNE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near fine hardback in near fine jacket. No marks, tears, wear etc to either text or jacket. Fully illustrated throughout. See photographs. Seller Inventory # 000097
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Edited by Oliver Hunkin. Illustrations in color throughout by Alan Parry from the 1985 British animated television mini-series. Second printing thus. Near fine in a near fine (one short closed edge tear) dust jacket.; 126 pages. Seller Inventory # 107429
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0551012188
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Excellent as new condition. Seller Inventory # 03198521
Seller: ChouetteCoop, Kervignac, France
Condition: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - Dangerous journey (1985) - Grand Format. Seller Inventory # 4134079
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