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Publicado por NY Burt nd (ca 1905)., 1905
Librería: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, Estados Unidos de America
G. Rust-colored binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Extremity wear. The classic in an attractive binding. Illustrated by Illus.
Publicado por Oxford Paperbacks, London UK, 2000
ISBN 10: 0192837869ISBN 13: 9780192837868
Librería: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Reino Unido
Libro
Paperback. Condición: Good ++. Reprint. 379 pages. Moderate wear to covers' corners and edged. Page-edges marked lightly browned o/w pages clean.
Publicado por G. P. Putnam's Sons., 1889
Librería: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. ORIGINAL 1889 EDITION; hardcover, in original green cloth with gilt title/decoration; head and heel of spine and corners bumped w/ slight fraying of cloth at corners; light browning of leaves, o/w contents in good condition. Book.
Librería: R. Rivers Books, Running Springs, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1894. Hardcover. Edition De Luxe . 8vo - 5 x 8 . 454 pp. Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Soiling and toning to the boards with fraying to the extremities. Previous owner s bookplate on the front pastedown. Tears to the fore-edge of some of the inside pages. The text appears unmarked. The front and rear hinge have been repaired with cloth-tape. The rest of the binding is shaken and splitting in areas. Otherwise it is still intact.
Publicado por Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1867
Librería: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Reprint Edition. In green cloth with bright gilt to emblem/motif on cover, type on spine and top page ends. Boards beveled with spots of rubbing through to three corners and spine ends. Two splits to top spine creases at boards - 1 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch. A few marks/spots to boards. Small chip to ffep that is glued to front pastedown. A few marks in pencil to front endpapers. Very faint spotting to versos of free endpapers and first and last pages. Front hinge has small 3/4 inch split, rear hinge is split at rear endpapers with mull showing, but still holding. Illustrated throughout and with frontispiece - some vellum overlays. Tanning to front and bottom page ends and some pages. Clean interior.Ê.
Publicado por NY Burt nd (ca 1905)., 1905
Librería: Gardner's Used Books, Inc., Tulsa, OK, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover w/o jacket. No copyright date listed. Missing pieces, spotting, chipping, rubbing, and wear on brodarted jacket. General rubbing and wear on boards. Ex libris sticker inside front cover. Pages yellowed and somewhat brittle. Musty odor. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
1st Bracken Books ed. "One of the best loved books in the English language, 'The Compleat Angler' has been printed in more than 160 editions since it was first published in 1653." Pp. 94/428/12 (Anglers' Calendar), 243 woodcut-style drawings and maps. Dark Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.
Publicado por Ingram, Cooke and Co., London, 1853
Librería: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Full Cloth. Condición: Fair. "New Edition" edited by 'Ephemera'. Original full green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Heavily soiled. with the gilt faded. Lacking the front free endpaper. Mild light foxing throughout. Overall in FAIR condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
Publicado por Nathaniel Cooke, 1854
Librería: The Book House (PBFA), Northallerton, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Octavo, 309 pages plus 3 plates and frontispiece, numerous vignettes and an engraved title page. Blind stamped cloth a little discoloured with age, a few neat marginal notes in a contemporary hand, new endpapers.
Publicado por Thorton Butterworth Limited, London, 1927
Librería: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Daglish, E. Fitch Ilustrador. First Thus. Tan paper covered boards with tan cloth spine. Bottom edges of boards show water staining at bottom edge with tanning/light soiling and a water stain on back cover. Edges of pages and endpapers are tanned. This edition is reprinted from John Major's edition of 1889 with wonderful tipped in wood engravings by Daglish.
Publicado por John C. Nimmo, London, 1889
Librería: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. No Jacket. Green boards with gilt fish and titles on front cover and title on spine. Boards show light wear with corners and spine ends rubbed. Spine is tanned. Endpapers have light foxing. 445 pages are lightly tanned. Only marking is previous owner's signature in ink on the FE.
Publicado por Comuinn Eachdraidh, London
Librería: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No date. 8vo. Pp xv, 445. Frontis, etchings & wood engravings. Original cloth, stamped gilt. Top edge gilt. Light wear to all extremities and with an abrasion to top edge front cover. Light foxing to title page but otherwise clean internally.
Publicado por John Lane: The Bodley Head January 1904, 1904
Librería: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. The Crown Library, volume II, Edition de luxe; plain green buckram boards; spine faded with gilt titles, but with half inch tear from mid top towards front spine edge; owner name on blank facing page; good clean text in tight binding.
Publicado por D. Bogue, London, 1844. hardback, 8vo, lii,418pp, 12 tissue-guarded plates plus numerous woodcut illustrations,, 1844
Librería: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. page edges browned; pale staining on portrait frontis and on some plate margins; occasional slight foxing, rebacked with new endpapers retaining original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt decs and titles, overall Very Good condition.
Publicado por John C. Nimmo, London, 1889
Librería: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo. Pp xv, 445. "With eight original etchings and seventy-four wood engravings". Original cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. A little wear to head of spine and a light stain to its foot. Some foxing to endpapers. A nice copy.
Publicado por W. & R. Chambers ; London : W. Orr ; Dublin : W. Curry, Edinburgh, 1833
Librería: The Book Shed, Benson, VT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. spine sunned, edge wear, a bit loose at the advertisment page but otherwise tight, various incidences of offsetting due to items being placed in the book by a later owner. First printing of the Rennie edition, no others noted. In the original publisher's plain cloth binding with paper spine label: "WALTON and COTTON ANGLER edited by Prof. RENNIE illustrated" Simple name only bookplate of Thomas Besant. The 4 plates called for present. Scarce in this state, the WorldCat locates 15 copies in the US. Four copies appear online for sale of this edition, none in the original binding. Most items ship with tracking numbers and(generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
Publicado por Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, London, 1925
Librería: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA- FABA), DeLand, FL, Estados Unidos de America
A Very Good Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Etchings by Damman Ilustrador. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt titles and decorations; 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 445 pages with a general index; Top edge gilt; Printed on paper specially made for this edition and is strictly limited. With 8 Original tissue-guarded Etchings by Damman on Japon Vellum and 74 wood engravings; The title page tissue-guarded frontispiece of Izaak Walton is after Huysman's portrait. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. This is a reprint of the Major Edition of 1844-. First published in 1653, this literary and nature classic was created by a Londoner with a passion for rustic life. As satisfying a primer on fishing as any angler could wish, it celebrates the art and spirit of fishing with verse, song and folklore, moral reflections, and timeless wisdom. Cast in the form of a dialogue between the veteran angler Piscator and his pupil Viator, it both informs and delights with an ingenious exploration of fishing's subtle intricacies and the pleasures of the natural world. REF: Coigney, 285; Oliver 254.
Publicado por London: George Bell & Sons, 1876
Librería: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. London: George Bell & Sons, 1876, Bohn s Illustrated Library Edition. Publisher s Original embossed green cloth binding, gilt titles, tissue guarded portrait frontispiece, illustrated title page. Lacking the front and rear end papers. The Complete Angler. The Contemplative Man's Recreation of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. With lives of the authors, and variorum notes, historical and practical. Illustrated throughout. xix, 496pp. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine fair condition gilt titles, embossed decoration, worn top and tail with some small tears and loss at the top, sun faded. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn, a couple of the corners are turning in. Boards good condition decorative embossed green cloth boards, the top and bottom edge of the upper board has been bumped, some white marks on the rear board, slightly cocked. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges fair condition both hinges are broken but the webbing is holding. Paste downs good condition both paste downs have a page of advertisements to them, lightly tanned with some foxing. End papers good condition both end papers are missing. Title good condition b/w illustration to the centre, lightly tanned with some foxing. Pages good condition personal inscription on the reverse of the half title page, tissue guarded frontispiece Izaak Walton , numerous illustrations throughout, some pages are narrower than others, lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1876 Binding: Hardback.
Publicado por Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1856
Librería: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition Thus. First impression of the first edition thus - with 203 black and white woodcuts by various artists (all listed in the list of illustrations to the fore) including title-page vignette by Jackson Sc and frontispiece showing a portrait of Isaak Walton copied by C. R. Bone and engraved by H. Robinson from an original by Housman in the National Gallery. ***Very good in olive green blind embossed original cloth-covered boards with gilt decorative bordered titles to spine. Five-pages of publisher's adverts 'Bohn's Library of Standard books' to the fore. Black ink mark to front board. Corners of boards rubbed and slightly bumped. Spine faded. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed, nicked and frayed. Front hinge tender and starting to split. Small owner's name in pencil to top of first free endpaper (can easily be erased). No foxing. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***xix prelim-pages plus 496 pages plus one-page list of fishing-tackle makers plus seven-page Bohn's Classical & Miniature Library of Books etc including to pastedown to the rear.192 mm x 126 mm.***Contents: List of Engravings, Life of Walton, Walton's Will, Author's Dedication to John Offley, Esq., Author's address to his Readers, Contemporary Verses, English and Latin. ***PART I. The First Day. Ch.I. Conference betwixt an Angler, a Hunter, and a Falconer, each commending his recreation; The Second Day: Ch.II. Observations of the Otter and Chub; Ch.III. How to fish for and draw the Chavender or Chub; Ch.IV. Observations of the nature and breeding of the trout and how to fish for him. And the Milk-maid's song; Ch.V. More Directions how to fish for, and how to make for the trout an Artificial Minnow and Flies; with some merriment; The Fourth Day: Ch.V. continued, on Trout Fishing; Ch.VI. Observations on the Umber or Grayling, and directions how to fish for them. Ch.VII. Observations of the Salmon, with directions how to fish for him; Ch.VIII. Observations of the Luce or Pike, with directions how to fish for him; Ch.IX. Observations of the Carp, with directions how to fish for him; Ch.X. Observations of the Bream, and directions to catch him; Ch.XI. Observations of the Trench, and advice on how to angle for him; Ch.XII. Observations of th Perch, and directions how to fish for him; Ch.XIII. Observations of the Eel, and other fish that want scales, and how to fish for him; Ch.XV. Observations of the Barbel, and directions how to fish for him; Ch.XV. Observations of the Guddgeon, the Ruffe, and the Bleak, and how to fish for them; Ch.XVI. Is of Nothing; or that which is nothing worth; The Fifth day: Ch.XVII: Of Roach and Dace, and how to fish for them; and of Cadis; Ch.XVIII. Of the Minnow or Penk, of the Loach, and of the Bull-Head, or Miller's Thumb; Ch.XIX. Of Several rivers, and some observations of fish; Ch.XX - Of Fish-ponds, and how to order them; Ch.XXI. Directions for making of a Line, and for the colouring of both Rod and Line; Appendix on Rods, Lines, Hooks, and other Tackle, according to the latest authorities. ***PART II: The Complete Angler; by Charles Cotton. Instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear stream; Life of Cotton. The First Day - Ch.I. Conference between a country gentleman proficient in Fly-fishing and a traveller who become his pupil; Ch.II. An account of the principal rivers in Derbyshire. Viator Lodges at Piscator's House; The Second Day - Ch.III. Conference containing a description of Cotton's fishing-house, with his apology for writing a supplement to Walton's book; Ch.IV. Of Angling for Trout or Grayling, divied into three branches; Ch.V. Of fly-Fishing; Ch.VI. Fishing at the top continued - further directions for Fly-making when the Grayling is in season - Rock in Pikepool; Ch.VII. Fishing at the Top. Flies for the month of January, February, March, and part of May; including under May, particular directions how to bait with the Green-drake; Ch.VIII. Fishing at the top continued, Flies for the end of May, following months etc.etc.***.
Publicado por John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1904
Librería: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, Reino Unido
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. New, Edmund H. Ilustrador. The Crown Library, Vol 11. 8vo. Pp lxxxix, 454. The Anglers' Calendar compiled by Hi Regan, Pp 12. Illustrations. Half morocco by Hatchards. Spine faded and boards a little marked. Foxing to prelims. A handsome copy.
Publicado por George Routledge & Son Ltd, London England / New York, 1853
Librería: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Reino Unido
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Decorative Cloth. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Hardback. 1853 edition. Originally published in 1653. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Old angling bookstore sticker to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Slight shelf wear to edges and corners of cloth. Corners bumped. Tiny nip to top edge of spine. Bottom page of title page clipped. Green cloth with gilt and silver decorations and gilt lettering. Gilt edged pages. The first edition of 'Complete Angler' appeared in 1653, exactly two hundred years ago, and though during Walton's lifetime four subsequent editions were published, with additions and improvements, original errors in the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects, not only remained, but were augmented. Those errors must be imputed to the general ifnorance of the time in which Walton wrote, in matters of natural history, and not to his specificallt. The most glaring and dangerous of these errors I have cleared away by means of foot-notes. If any candid read of apprehensive mind wil persue the 'Complete Angler' he must agree with me that it lacks the instructive element - it amuses far more than it teaches - it talks more of fish and of catching them than it shows by detailed practical directions how to catch them. Occasionally directions are given; but they are not always correct, and, except in a few instances, they are antiquted and not unfrequently erroneous. At least I think so; and have endeavoured to apply a remedy. Wherever I have found the piscatorial directions of Walton and Cotton right I have said so, and not interfered. Where I have found them contariwise, I have pointed it out and written new instructions, frequently at great elngth - more lengthened than the original chapters to which they stand appended. I will not encroach upon the reader's time by stating minutely all that I have done. In a word, I will at once and fearlessly predicate that I have written, by means of foot-notes and complementary essays to chapters, a complete moderm treatise on the different branchs of angling - on bottom-fishing, spinning, and trolling, on fly-fishing with the artificial fly, and on daping or dibbling with the natural one. It have written succinctly the natural history of each of our river-fish - that of the salmon rather lengthily than succinctly - I have shown their habits, pointed out their haunts, named the best baits for them, and shown how they are to be used. I have taught how the rod and line are to be handled, and how the artificial fly is to be thrown and worked in the water, as far as a long-practised pen can teach it. I have described the best sorts of angling gear; and to Cotton's instructions for making artifical flies. I have added my own, elucidated with drawings of the natural fly and of the artifical one in its finished state and in the incipient and progressive stages of its fabrications. Illustrations. 313+ pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Publicado por Samuel Bagster and Sons, London, 1893
Librería: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. Quarto quarter vellum and green cloth. With lovely gilt motifs to the spine and front. TEG. Page fore edges are untrimmed. 245 & 243 pp. With an abridgment of the Lives of the Authors by Sir John Hawkins. #163/350. Frontispiece portraits of the authors to each volume. With fifty-three illustrations, many on Japon paper. Printed on Dickinson's hand-made paper. The original 4-page prospectus is laid in loose. There is staining along the lower spine area of each volume and the extreme lower front edge of volume one. The corners are bumped. Bump to the upper spine of volume one. Toning to the endpapers. In the very scarce original cloth dust jackets, lettered in gilt on the spines. The spines are darkened, lightly soiled. Some wear, small tears to the spine ends. Light wear to the corners. There is staining to the lower spines that matches that of the books although it is largely visible only to the underside. The prospectus has some chipping along the fore edge. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.
Publicado por London, Samuel Bagster 1808, 1808
Librería: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Seventh Edition (Bagster's First), 8vo, bound in half calf gilt, recently rebacked, with marbled boards, new endpapers, [vi], pp512, indexed, plus pp2 publisher's adverts, b/w portrait frontis, illustrated with b/w plates and text drawings. Magazine cutting portrait of Walton fixed to original front endpaper, pencil gift inscription and notes to title page and rear endpaper, and some throughout, right hand margin of pp171/2 neatly removed, but text not affected, boards rather rubbed. A V. Good copy overall. (SHELF 4) ** To see a scan of this book please visit our Home page ** Our shop is open to visitors Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm. - Credit and (UK) Debit cards welcome.- Books posted Worldwide. - For any queries please contact us.
Publicado por George Routledge & Sons, Ldn, 1911
Librería: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Ben Damman Ilustrador. n.d. (Ca 1911), 445 pp.+ Illus Plt of Izaak Walton at Frontis (With Tissue Guard) & 7 Other Orig Etching Plts, Many wood engravings in text, Beautifully bound in Red Three-Quarters leather & Brn Marbled Bds, Raised Ridges on Spine with Gilt Title & Gilt Fish Illustrations, Marbled e.p., TEG, Fine & Crisp (Beautiful Binding).
Publicado por George Harrap, London, 1931
Librería: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Irlanda
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hard Back Tan Morocco Leather. Condición: Very Good. Arthur Rackham Ilustrador. First Edition Thus. A very scarce copy of this classic early tale of angling, first edition by Rackham with 12 fabulous colour plates & several text illustrations in B&W Tan coloured full morocco contemporary binding with gilt title & fish on the spine titles on the front board within blind decorated rulings,224 pp. with illustrated endpapers .
Publicado por Routledge, London, n. d., 1911
Librería: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 445 pp. with eight original etchings and 74 wood engravings. Hardcover, bound in full gilt-tooled green morocco with a fishing motif by Bayntun of Bath for Charles Lauriat Co. Scuff mark on the front board and some mottling to the rear board.
Publicado por London: D Bogue, 1844
Librería: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 4th Edition. London: D Bogue, 1844, Fourth Edition. Full red, gilt decorated binding by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and gilt fishing related tools to the spine compartments, gilt lined boards, some rubbing and wear. With 12 Engravings on Steel and 74 engravings on wood, all page edges gilt. The Complete Angler. The Contemplative Man's Recreation of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. Illustrated throughout. lx, 418pp. Provenance; inscription to Jeremy Fisher to the front. Approximately 6 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, gilt fishing related tooled decoration, gently worn, gently faded. Joints good condition rubbed and worn to the front. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition gilt lined boards. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled, with gilt decorated turn ins. End papers good condition marbled. Title good condition b/w illustration to the centre, lightly tanned. Pages good condition tissue guarded frontispiece Izaak Walton , numerous illustrations throughout, lightly tanned throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1844 Binding: Hardback.
Publicado por Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Ltd, London, 1888
Librería: ACCESSbooks, Gateside, FIFE, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Volume 2 only of the 2 volume set. Large Quarto (approx 330 mm by 270mm). Book condition: VERY GOOD+. Full green morocco leather binding with gilt titles to spine and monogram to cover. Name plate on reverse of front board. Only very mild wear to boards. Mild foxing to prelims with clean pages completely free of foxing thereafter. Binding is firm and tight. Superb condition for age of book. Feel free to email for additional images. Very heavy book however additional UK postage costs factored into the price of the book. Postage costs for overseas buyers can be provided on request by email.
Publicado por London: Strahan & Co. Deluxe Limited Edition, 1840
Librería: The Scribe Bookstore, ABAC, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition. Two Volumes Bound in One. Undated, 1840. Thick Small Quarto. Limited to 250 copies of which this is number 248. Half vellum and brown paper boards with gilt title to spine. Gilt to upper page edge. Other edges untrimmed. Illustrated throughout in black & white with 12 steel engravings under tissue guards, and numerous in text decorations throughout. In very good condition. Some wear to the edges of the paper boards. Slight age darkening to page edges. Attractive previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Some evidence of a few pages starting. Otherwise, a nice sharp copy. Binding is strong, square and text is clean. Book comes protected in a brand new mylar cover. An uncommon edition of a classic on the spirit of fishing. Both a poetic work and an instruction manual on the sport.
Publicado por Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1866
Librería: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Limited Edition. Large thick octavo, 445pp., illustrated. First Little, Brown edition (Coigney 88). One of 100 copies, so stated on the verso of the title page. A very good copy bound in slightly later 3/4 dark brown morocco and green cloth. Outer joints show some restoration, and there is some rubbing to the extremities and cracking to the leather, but it's nevertheless a clean, sound example, bright, fresh, and lovely internally. Illustrated with 74 in-text engravings on wood and 12 inserted plates on steel. This copy belonged to Peter Oliver, the author of the first significant Angler bibliography, "A New Chronicle of the Compleat Angler" (Paisley, 1936). Oliver's small, neat ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper. Among the scarcest 19th century editions, this handsome wide-margined edition was printed in very small numbers. Coigney (88) states that half of the 100 copies printed were destroyed in a warehouse fire. This fact is also noted in pencil on a front blank in our own copy: "it is said that almost half of this edition of 100 copies was destroyed by fire." We are unsure whether this notation is in Oliver's hand. Nevertheless, one suspects that this was one of the few copies (or perhaps the only one) which Oliver examined for his own bibliography. Though short of a fine example, still a supremely desirable copy of a notably scarce "Angler," with pleasing provenance.