BUNYAN'S DIVINE EMBLEMS. Seven Poems by John Bunyan specially chosen by Simon Houfe from the forty-nine Divine Emblems with wood engravings by Brian Maunders to commemorate the tercentenary of Bedford's most famous son.

Signed limited edition. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original brown cloth with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with seven woodcut illustrations by Brian Maunders. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps.

Limited to 500 hand numbered copies of which this is number 227 and signed by Simon Houfe and Brian Maunders on the limitation page. This example is further inscribed by the illustrator in blue ink on the front endpaper "To Colin and Sue / best wishes / Brian Mauders / May 2001".