Fair to good antiquarian condition. Half leather rubbed, but holding. Pebbled paper edges worn. Boards are warped. Tide stains. Marbled endpapers. Hinge gone at the 2FEP, and back strip pulling away: we leave it to the new owner to choose between rebinding or regluing. Old London bookstore marks on the FFEP. Some foxing, some age toning. Hinged, laid in page from a 1923 (?) Sunday School Newspaper reviewing the book. Laid in column of answers from (the same?) peper; both with offsetting. Lovely etchings illustrate throughout. Notes by Reverend Robert Maguire would have been relatively new at the time of publication. This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most entertaining allegories of faith ever written. Set against realistic backdrops of town and country, the powerful drama of the pilgrim's trials and temptations follows him in his harrowing journey to the Celestial City. Along a road filled with monsters and spiritual terrors, Christian confronts such emblematic characters as Worldly Wiseman, Giant Despair, Talkative, Ignorance, and the demons of the Valley of the Shadow of Death. But he is also joined by Hopeful and Faithful. An enormously influential 17th-century classic, universally known for its simplicity, vigor, and beauty of language, The Pilgrim's Progress remains one of the most widely read books in the English language.