The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation
by Isaac Walton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
-
Waterville, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover in motley brown boards and green cloth spine with Gilt lettering. Tight binding Corners bumped. Edge Wear, Rubbing. No DJ. With 20 full page illustrations by James Thorpe plus a frontispiece of Huysman's Portrait of Izaak Walton. Appleton New Edition 1925. "Study to be quiet". 221 Pages. 42718
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- Bookseller
- RE-BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20368
- Title
- The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation
- Author
- Isaac Walton
- Illustrator
- James Thorpe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in motley brown boards and green cloth spine with Gilt lettering.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1925
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fish Fishing Trout Minnow Bait Recreation Flies
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.