The compleat angler; or, The contemplative man's recreation; being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. London, Printed by T. Maxey for R. Marriot, 1653
The compleat angler; or, The contemplative man's recreation; being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. London, Printed by T. Maxey for R. Marriot, 1653.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very Good. Limited edition, this is number 41 out of fifteen hundred copies signed by the illustrator. Folio. Approximate measurements: 9" x 13". 316pp. "How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream", by Charles Cotton. Introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. Decorated blue papercovered boards with white vellum spine. Some pages unopened, title on worn spine eroded and cracked, very good housed in a good only sunned slipcase with joints torn. Signed and numbered by Douglas W. Gorsline on the limitation page.
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Very good. First trade edition. 10.5" x 8", 166 (1) pp, with 25 tipped-in color plates mounted on green paper with captioned tissue guards. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt decoration, illustrated endpapers. Rubbing to extremities, small tear in cloth at head of spine, else sound and clean. James Henry Thorpe (1876-1949) was a member of the London Sketch Club and a regular contributor of cartoons to Punch magazine.
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James Thorpe. Good+ in Good- jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. (No Date) 168 pp. Original green decorative cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled; corners and spine ends bumped. Light foxing throughout. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear, tear, and few small chips to edges. Illust. w/ 16 tipped-in color plates (some of which have a small crease to the bottom corners).
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Very good. 155pp. Octavo. Attractively bound in full calf with decorations and lettering stamped in black to the front board and spine. Deckled edges. Original green silk bookmark. The title-page, portrait frontispiece and tailpiece vignettes all designed and etched by H.G. Webb; engraved initials by Webb, printed in black with headlines, chapter heads and shoulder notes in red. Limited to a printing of 350 copies, of which this is #26. Corners and the head and tail of the spine bumped; rubbing to edges, with an abrasion to the back board. Browning to the text block edges, as well as a few minor spots of foxing throughout the text. Overall, a bright and tight copy. A gorgeously bound, limited edition copy of Walton's The Complete Angler. The Complete Angler is not only a classic of angling literature, but also has the distinction of being among the most reprinted books in the English language. This copy contains some stunning decorations and etchings by H. G. Webb, who, along with H. D. Webb, ran the Caradoc Press.
