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The Complete Angler: Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts. by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton - 1760

by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton

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The Complete Angler: Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts. by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton - 1760

The Complete Angler: Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts.

by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton

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London: Thomas Hope, 1760. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. An early edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's noted and influential work on fishing. The first Hawkins edition. In a full calf binding with gilt detail to the spine. With eleven full-page plates, a frontispiece for part two, two plates of music and several vignette illustrations. Lacking the frontispiece of volume one, and plate three. 'The Complete Angler', also titled, 'The Compleat Angler', is Izaak Walton's best known work. It is a celebration of fishing through prose and verse, and was edited and expanded by Walton for over a quarter of a century. The second part of this work is written by Walton's friend and fellow angler, Charles Cotton. With the lives of the authors included, alongside historical notes, critical and explanatory. Rebound in full calf. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Fading to the spine. Light offsetting to the edges of the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, binding strained. Lacking the frontispiece and plate 3. Pages xix-xxx are loose, but present. Loss to the upper title page. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting throughout. Ink mark to page 184. Scattered handling marks throughout. Good
  • Bookseller Rooke Books GB (GB)
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  • Publisher Thomas Hope
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1760
  • Size 7" by 4.5"
  • Keywords fishing angling izaak walton rivers angling wildlife
  • Size 7\" by 4.5\"

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The Complete Angler

The Complete Angler

by Charles Cotton; Izaak Walton

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1982. Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Complete Angler

The Complete Angler

by Charles Cotton; Izaak Walton

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1982. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Complete Angler

by Charles Cotton; Izaak Walton

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1982. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation

by Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles

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A.L. Burt Book. Very Good. Hardcover. No date but circa 1910. In maroon cloth. Wear to cloth at top of spine. .
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The Complete Angler

by Walton, Izaak : Cotton, Charles

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1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Heavy, may require extra postage outside South Africa. boards are worn, marked and chipped. foxing throughout. page ends are uneven. all text remains clear and in sound reading order.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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The Complete Angler

by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton

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London: Nathaniel Cooke. xiv 309pp hardback, publisher's green blind embossed cloth gilt, extremities of spine chipped, part faded, well illustrated with engravings, plates and in-text, including portrait vignette to title page edited by 'Ephemera' of 'Bell's Life of London' good heraldic bookplate of Robert Leake to front paste-down, later cuttings loosely inserted . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1854.
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The Complete Angler (Fly Fisherman's Gold: Volume XIV)

The Complete Angler (Fly Fisherman's Gold: Volume XIV)

by Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles

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Derrydale Press, 1994. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint, unnumbered limited edition of 2500, leather bound copy with black and gold stamping, gilt page edges and decorative end papers is near fine with light scratching at bottom page edges and touch of bumping to top corners. Remains an an attractive copy this collectible classic that makes up an installment in the Fly Fisherman's Gold series and features eight original etchings and seventy-four wood engravings.
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The Complete Angler

by Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles

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London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Edited by "Ephemera". Spine and board edges tanned, some gutters cracked, some foxing throughout, else pp clean and bright.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo.
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The Complete Angler

The Complete Angler

by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton

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London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Nathaniel Cooke, Milford House, Strand,1854. Second Edition. Edited by 'Ephemera' of Bell's Life in London. Hard Cover. Spine missing, boards detached. Excellent candidate for re-binding. All pages, including advertisements, are present. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned/foxed. Good reading/research copy. Scarce edition.
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The Complete Angler; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing

by Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton

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London: Thomas Tegg & Son, 1835. Undetermined. very good. 3rd James Rennie Edition. [viii], [1], 2 - 328pp. 12mo. Original quarter cloth and paper boards. Paper spine label. Edges of boards bumped and shelfworn. Paper label rubbed. Front hinge tender. Some foxing throughout, more so to preliminary leaves, else internally clean. With ownership signature to title page and ownership signature and handstamp of E.J. Garland to front endpapers. With engraved frontis of Walton and full-page plates of Walton's House, Amwell Hill, and the Angler's Song. Woodcuts of fish throughout. very good A nice copy in original boards of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's classic, the Complete Angler, which has the distinction of being among the most reprinted book in English. This copy was from the collection of Edward Joseph "Ted" Garland, the Canadian ambassador to Iceland and Norway. Garland was an avid angler and also an influential founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth… Read More
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