The Compleat Angler
by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1897. Hardcover. Good +. New, Edmund H.. Illustrated green cloth with titles and decoration in dark green on front and spine. 4to, lxxxiv + 428pp followed by several pages of the Angler’s Calendar and 2pp of publisher’s catalogue. This is a reprint of the fifth edition with an introduction, notes, appendices and edited by Richard Le Gallienne, illustrated by Edmund H. New. Photogravure frontispiece plate of Walton. Illustrated throughout with full page woodcuts and numerous other smaller woodcuts and vignettes. Occasional marks, generally very good and clean inside. Spine sunned and corners a little bumped. A good copy of this eminently readable classic of angling literature.
Synopsis
"First published by Oxford University Press 1935 ; First issued, with new editorial matter, as a World's classics paperback 1982, reissued as an Oxford World Classics paperback 2000 ; Reissued 2008"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-379).
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- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2490
- Title
- The Compleat Angler
- Author
- Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton
- Illustrator
- New, Edmund H.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- angler, fishing, fly fishing, sports
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History, Customs & Traditions; Sport & Pastimes;
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