Lot 53
Cresset Press.- Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., one of 195 copies, wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes, Cresset Press, 1928.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Cresset Press.- Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., number 37 of 195 copies on paper, wood-engraved plates by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes, small ink inscription on front free endpapers, original vellum stained black, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rather rubbed (as often), scuffs to upper cover and spine of vol.1, spines a little faded, folio, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon for the Cresset Press, 1928.
Description
Cresset Press.- Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, 2 vol., number 37 of 195 copies on paper, wood-engraved plates by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes, small ink inscription on front free endpapers, original vellum stained black, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rather rubbed (as often), scuffs to upper cover and spine of vol.1, spines a little faded, folio, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon for the Cresset Press, 1928.