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The Compleat Angler
by Walton, Izaak
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light wear to boards, slightly sunned to upper board edges, offsetting to endleaves. Very good. HFP-140A
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Light wear to boards, slightly sunned to upper board edges, offsetting to endleaves. Very good. HFP-140A. [Maurin Binding] Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton. Boyd Hanna, illustrator. The Compleat Angler: or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation, with the Second part by Charles Cotton. Mount Vernon, VA: The Peter Piper Press, [1947]. Illustrated edition.
Octavo. 219pp. Illustrated by Boyd Hanna. Handsomely rebound in green half-morocco over cloth boards by Maurin. Stamped in gilt to spine, four raised bands, top edge gilt, endleaves in green..
Octavo. 219pp. Illustrated by Boyd Hanna. Handsomely rebound in green half-morocco over cloth boards by Maurin. Stamped in gilt to spine, four raised bands, top edge gilt, endleaves in green..
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
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140
- Title
- The Compleat Angler
- Author
- Walton, Izaak
- Book Condition
- Used - Light wear to boards, slightly sunned to upper board edges, offsetting to endleaves. Very good. HFP-140A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fishing, Angling, Sporting Books
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
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- Sunned
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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