THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING NOT UNWORTHY THE PERUSAL OF MOST ANGLERS.
by WALTON, IZAAK
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Minor Wear and Soiling./No Jacket.
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Spine lettered in gilt. Vellum slightly soiled. Small chip at top of front cover marbled paper. Previous owner's fine bookplate on front pastedown with slight off-setting onto adjacent page. Color frontispiece portrait of Walton, nine additional color illustrations at front of nine of thirteen chapters. Tail pieces and first letters of chapters in black and white. All illustrations by Frank Adams. This edition was limited to 450 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, this being #352. Internally crisp and clean throughout. 124pp. See Coigney308 and Oliver 272.. The Adams Reprint. 1/4 Vellum, Marbled Boards. Minor Wear and Soiling./No Jacket.. Quarto.
Synopsis
'The Compleat Angler' is the most famous book ever published in the literature of sport. It is also a work whose unique celebration of the English countryside has attracted readers around the world since it first appeared in 1653. Izaak Walton issued the final version of his beloved book in 1676. 'The Compleat Angler' is both a manual of instruction and a vision of society in harmony with nature. It guides the novice fisherman on how to catch and cook a variety of fish, on how to select and prepare the best bait and make artificial flies, and on the habits of freshwater fish. It promotes angling as a communal activity in which the bonds of friendship are forged through the shared experience of the natural world. Walton lived through turbulent times and found in nature the best salve for national tragedy and personal sorrow. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011849
- Title
- THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING NOT UNWORTHY THE PERUSAL OF MOST ANGLERS.
- Author
- WALTON, IZAAK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor Wear and Soiling.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket.
- Edition
- The Adams Reprint
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode, Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Angling, Fishing
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Spine
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- Marbled Paper
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- Jacket
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- Vellum
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- Bookplate
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- Soiled
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Quarto
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- Fine
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- New
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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