First published in two parts in 1678 and 1684, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is among the enduring classics of English devotional literature.
Cast as a Christian allegory, it follows Christian on his journey toward salvation, encountering temptations, trials, false guides, and moments of spiritual testing along the way. Its vivid symbolic landscape and narrative clarity made it one of the most widely read works in English for generations. The book is familiar to many readers through Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, in which novel Bunyan’s allegory serves as a recurring moral and imaginative touchstone for the March sisters.
First edition thus. The year of publication is not recorded in the book but an ink inscription on the front flyleaf declares the copy a gift for the Christmas of 1941.
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- Place: New York
- Length: 350pp
- Format: 8vo
- Dimensions: 75” x 8.36” x 1.36”
Condition: Condition: Very good. Jacket is good, tanned and lightly soiled, with numerous small edge tears and some chipping. No price present on jacket. Lime-green cloth boards show mild edgewear, some sunning along the top edge and a small dent to the lower edge of the rear board. Binding tight. Pages crisp and clean, with no folds, tears, or extraneous markings. Printing on boards and spine is navy blue.