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The Compleat Angler
by Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
The Compleat Angler, Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton. Edited and with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1897. First Gallienne edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; lxxxiv, (iv), 428, (xiv) Angler's Calendar, by Hi Regan, (iv) Advertisements. Frontispiece portrait of Walton, illustrated throughout with full page and vignette illustrations. Tan cloth boards with green text to front, spine and rear; rough cut edges. Stamped date and place and inked name to free endpaper, otherwise, contents are in fine, unmarked condition. Some sunning and rubbing to boards and edges; binding is tight and square. A very nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4867
- Title
- The Compleat Angler
- Author
- Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE AND NATURE;
Terms of Sale
Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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About the Seller
Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
Biblio member since 2016
North Vancouver, British Columbia
About Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
Welcome! BACK LANE BOOKS is home to thousands of carefully selected antiquarian, rare and used books. Visitors are welcome - please phone ahead to make an appointment. I strive to provide accurate descriptions of each listing and I always include my own photographs of the item for sale. Appraisals are also available. Colleen Croft.
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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