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The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. 1887 Printing, A New Edition. Very good+ in its original, decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and black bands on the spine and black rules and a gilt design with gilt text in its center. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 inches with very light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and over the tips of the boards. There are two dated gift inscriptions of "1910" on the recto of the frontispiece and on the dedication page. Without a dust jacket. The complete title reads: "The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation Being A Discourse of Rivers Fish-Ponds Fish and Fishing Written By Izaak Walton and Instructions How to Angle for A Trout Or Grayling In A Clear Stream By Charles Cotton With Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G. And Sixty Illustrations from Designs by Stothard and Inskipp." 320 pages including an index, text and illustrated with steel engravings followed by 31 pages of ads by the publisher. There is an additional engraved title page and frontispiece of Walton.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32472
- Title
- The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
- Author
- Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1887 Printing, A New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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"...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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