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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. Or the contemplative man's recreation. Edited by John Major
by WALTON. IZAAK. ; COTTON. CHARLES
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Navarre Society. London. 1948. FACSIMILE MAJOR EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated with 74 fine wood engravings, by many artists, throughout the text. Fine leather binding by Zaehnsdorf of full dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments are ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners bookplate on rear blank endpaper. Spine a little faded but overall a near fine, attractive copy.
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- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9306
- Title
- THE COMPLETE ANGLER. Or the contemplative man's recreation. Edited by John Major
- Author
- WALTON. IZAAK. ; COTTON. CHARLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Navarre Society. London. 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings;
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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