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Full-Leather. Condición: NEW CONDITION. Estado de la sobrecubierta: NO DUST JACKET (AS ISSUED). David Gentleman Ilustrador. First Collector's Edition. // NO REMAINDER MARK// PREVIOUS OWNER BLIND STAMP //gilt lettering and decoration//satin place mark ribbon//watered silk end papers//full leather binding with raised bands//all edges gilt.

Leather. Condición: Very Good. Leather. Large 8vo. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1976. 316 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in full leather with raised bands to the spine. Decorated gilt stamped boards and spine with all edges gilt. Silk moiree endsheets with silk bookmark sewn into the binding. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Compleat Angler, first published in 1653, has become a classic of English literature. Where other angling books are of limited appeal to those who do not fish, The Compleat Angler inspires readers from all walks of life to go in search of the countryside that Walton recreates with such vivid and loving writing. Walton appears to have spent his life in an oasis of calm conviviality and, what's more, he succeeded in bottling it for us to enjoy more and more with each century that glides silently by. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. David Gentleman Ilustrador. Signed Limited Edition. 337 pgs. Black paper-covered boards with gilt device to upper cover, red calf spine with black & gilt titling, a few faint foxed spots to edge of text block, slip case scuffed and worn. A selection of Keats' poems, illustrated in color by David Gentleman. #1160 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. Size: Large 8vo. Signed by Illustrator.