The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: T.N. Foulis, 1653. 1925 edition. HC, no DJ. PC Good+. Green quarter cloth spine, brown boards are stained, dulling to gilt spine titling, heavy edgewear, corners bumped & worn, dark topstain, deckled edges, FFEP & color plate of author frontis torn out, half-title is toned, ink gift inscription to title verso, hinge cracked at pp.1-2, leaves toned, binding sound. ""New Edition 1925"" stated. Color plate illustrations by James Thorpe. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210373
- Title
- The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation
- Author
- Walton, Izaak
- Format/Binding
- HC, no DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1925 edition
- Publisher
- T.N. Foulis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1653
- Pages
- 221
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.