The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a Discourse of Fish & Fishing not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. With Illustrations by James Thorpe
by WALTON (Izaac)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. 4to (285 x 230 mm), xvi, 167pp., edition de Luxe limited to 250 copies signed by the artist, and numbered, of which this is no. 218, 25 coloured tipped-in plates with printed tissue guards, endpapers a little spotted, neat former owner's bookplate to front paste-down, orig. publishers full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, lacks ribbon ties, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38051
- Title
- The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a Discourse of Fish & Fishing not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers. With Illustrations by James Thorpe
- Author
- WALTON (Izaac)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911
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Glossary
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...