The Holy War Made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World or The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul
by Bunyan, John; & Rev. George Burder
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good condition/No dust jacket
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About This Item
Swengel, PA: Reiner Publications, 1976. NOTE: this edition has 454 pages. Many other editions have far fewer (256, 268, 274, 360, etc). Very Good condition. Clean, square and reasonably tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Full title: "The Holy War Made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World or The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul, With Explanatory, Experimental, and Practical Notes by the Rev. George Burder, Embellisghed with Sixty-Eight Engravings." John Bunyan's first edition of this allegorical novel about the town "Mansoul" (Man's soul) appeared in 1682. This is a 1976 reprint of the 1803 edition (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication) with introduction and footnotes by the Rev. George Burder. Frontispiece portrait of John Bunyan. Bound in the original rust color pictorial cloth. From the publisher: ""Though this town is perfect and bears the image of Shaddai (Almighty), it is deceived to rebel and throw off his gracious rule, replacing it instead with the rule of Diabolus." See Shaw and Shoemaker American Bibliography for 1803 #3905. . Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 454pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- The Holy War Made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World or The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul
- Author
- Bunyan, John; & Rev. George Burder
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Reiner Publications
- Place of Publication
- Swengel, PA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion / Theology / Church History;
- Size
- 8vo. 454pp
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