Search Results: the complete angler contemplative mans recreation by izaak walton charles

Collins' Clear-type Press, London, z.j.. Hardcover. Binnenzijde voorkaft en schutblad kleine beschadiging. Rug verkleurd. Vlekjes op voor- en achterkaft.

London: Chatto And Windus, Piccadilly, 1875 .. A very good original binding. 8vo. 19cm x 13cm x 2.5cm. pp.cci/pp.202 - 205/[3pp.]/pp.320/pp.40 - ("List of Books Published By for Chatto & Windus..." dated November 1874). Original maroon cloth. Gilt title to front board. Gilt titles and black leather title label to spine, carefully rebacked. Later endpapers. Portrait frontis of Walton (from a picture by Houseman). Engraved title-page designed by T. Stothard, R.A. : "The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Mans Recreation. The first part by Izaak Walton., the second by Charles Cotton." Previous owner's signature to top margin: "H. J. Birley, 23 Sep. 1876." Printed title dated 1875. Clean text and illustrations throughout. A well preserved copy.

London: William Pickering, 1836. First Nicolas edition of this classic of English literature. Quarto, two volumes bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved frontispieces and plates. In near fine condition. Bookplate. A superb example of this classic work. Although it was originally intended as a practical guide for fisherman, Walton's Complete Angler stands as one of the finest examples of long prose-pastoral in the English language and is widely considered a classic of English literature. "This superb edition contains the variations of all the first five editions, voluminous notes, with original and elaborate memoirs of Walton and Cotton, presenting many new facts" (Westwood Satchell).