The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolos for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World, or the Losing and Taking again of the Town of Mansoul - by John Bunyan An early allegorical novel written in 1682 by the author ofThe Pilgrims Progress. Published 1864 by James Nisbet & Co, London. Brown cloth boards with bevelled edges; illustrations in black, title details in gilt to front cover and spine; publishers embossed logo on back cover; text block edges in gilt; double frontispiece and single full-page illustration by H Fitzcook; two initial notes in verse to the reader by the author; 343 pages; additional lists of publishers other books follow the text. Boards lightly marked and rubbed; spine browned; a few white marks to front board and spine; shelf wear to edges and corners bumped; top and tail of spine moderately crushed; bookplate to front pastedown; owners inscription in ink (1896) to front endpaper; small stain to title page; some underlining of text in ink at fron