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Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 224 pages, with color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Price clipped from front flap of dust jacket. Otherwise, very light wear only. Jacket now protected in mylar. A beautiful copy.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration; top edge gilt. 12 color plates by Rackham. Wear and tiny tears at edges of spine. Slight age-toning of pages. ; 224 pages
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 224 p. + 12 Illustrations by Arthur Rackham in color. 4to. Original green full cloth binding, that should be restored or replaced. End papers illustrated. Top edge gold. XLib. Coigney 314. First Ameri can edition with these plates. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN2C Language: eng
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Walton, Izaak, Arthur Rackham. The Compleat Angler. David McKay, 1931.
Price: US$84.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, TEG, pictorial endpages. Intro dated 1931; cp undated. Slight edgewear, corners gently bumped, pages lightly toned. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar has interior clear tape repairs to some tears, chipping, rubbing, soil, edge tears. 12 color plates include tissued frontis. ; quarto; 223,[1] pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: David McKay (The Riverside Press); Philadelphia, 1931. Hardcover. First Thus Edition. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt illustration on front board and spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, frayed spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, small abrasions to board corners, TEG with some blemishes, some age toning to pages, bit of rubbing to board edges, rub mark bottom text block corner, previous owner gift inscription front free endpaper else unmarked, mild stress crease to spine, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, some sunning to pastedown and endpaper margins, without Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 224pp., color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 224 pp. With twelve color plates by Arthur Rackham. 4to, publisher's pale green gilt-decorated cloth in illustrated dust jacket, t.e.g. First American edition. A bright fine copy in jacket with a few small chips and dust-soiling (particularly to the rear panel).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto, 12 color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Near fine in a good or better dust jacket with several chips and tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. David McKay Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1931.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US edition, hardcover in green cloth, with gold stamped titling and decoration to the spine and front, top edge gilt, pictorial end pages, and twelve full-page color illustrations with captioned tissue guards. The book has a shallow skew to the binding, slight bumps with a bit of wear to the cloth at the spine ends and cover corners, and some light sunning to the spine. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy without the jacket.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: Three-quarter green calf over green marbled boards. No dust jacket (as issued). Five-banded spine with gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bottom edge of boards abraded. Minor wear to all edges, hinges delicate. 12 full-color plates by Rackham. Pages toned but clean.
Seller: Copperfield's Used and Rare Books, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Walton, Izaak. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1931.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful copy with only a bit of speckling on the spine. In green boards with vivid gilt lettering and gilt fish motif on front panel. Crisp, clean, and unmarked, illustrated with 12 tissue-guarded glossy color plates by Arthur Rackham and illustrated endpapers. This is the edition to get of this famous discourse on fishing. A lovely copy.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 224 pp. With twelve color plates by Arthur Rackham. 4to, rebound in 3/4 polished blue calf; gilt paneled spine; t.e.g., by Frost & Co., Bath. First American edition. There is a 1/8 - 1/4" blue dampstain to the bottom edge of the frontispiece and its tissue overleaf, much shallower (1/16") at the bottom edge of the title page. Contents otherwise clean and undamaged; the handsome binding just about fine (there are a few tiny marks to one of the two leather spine labels).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
[ARTHUR RACKHAM]. Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler. David McKay co., Philadelphia, 1931.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 25 x 18.5 cm. 224 pages. Green cloth in clipped dust jacket. With 12 color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, including frontispiece, and additional in-text illustrations. There is a small stain present on the jacket flap as well as the pages besides the frontispiece from the front endpaper to the table of contents. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Small tear to bottom of front cover of dust jacket with some tape residue. Some light soiling and edgewear to the jacket. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler. David McKay Co., Philadelphia, 1931.
Price: US$173.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fighting Not Unworthy The Perusal of Most Anglers. 12 full-page colour illustrations by Rackham. 224 pages, Introduction by Henry Williamson, decorative end-papers. First Thus of the First American Trade Edition illustrated by Rackham.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler: or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. David McKay, 1931.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green paper boards with gold lettering. Rare DJ present but torn. Foxing on edges but pages are very good. There is no publishing date, but acknowledgment that the text is from the fifth edition of 1676, and the use of an edition published by Mssrs John Lane in 1897. Information regarding Rackham sets publication in 1931. Gift inscription on title page: Christmas, 1937. 12 stunning color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, black and white drawings throughou. 1 lb 15.2 oz
Seller: Clio and Erato Books, Tarrytown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 224 pp. With twelve color plates by Arthur Rackham. 4to, publisher's green gilt-decorated cloth in illustrated dust jacket, t.e.g. First American edition. A bright, near fine copy in jacket with a little chipping at extremities; a few closed tears (tape on verso neatly removed, leaving light stains; and a lightly soiled rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$233.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. From copyright: The Publishers acknowledge Messrs. John Lane the Bodley Head in permitting use of their edition first published in 1897. The text is from the fifth edition of 1676, the last to be revised by the author, but the spelling is mondernized. This reprint first publishing 1931 by Harrap and David McKay Company. Oversize 8" x 10" design. Bright green full cloth boards, gilt stamped cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Enchanting gilt illustrations of stylized titles, fish decoration at cover and spine. Thick heavy stock leaves, very good, clean. Dark green over lt. green monochromatic Illustrated endpapers; whimsical silhouette of an angler adding his catch to net and stirring his stew. Gilded top edge. Includes letter to John Offley from Izaak Walton, and note by the author to reader. Twelve, beautiful color plates by Arthur Rackham w/captioned tissues intact. Also, twenty-five charming black and white illustrations, decoration, throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Sharp, near fine example of fine book craftsmanship. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience. Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Not an angler? The Rackham illustrations astound! Printed in Great Britain by The Riverside Press Limited, Edinburgh. 224 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: 4to (10 x 7¾ ins). Contemporary gilt tooled full maroon calf, top edge gilt (some slight scuffing to extrems - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 223, illus with 12 coloured plates and b&w vignettes in text (some light spotting on prelims; no inscriptions).
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler. David McKay, 1931.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by David McKay, 1931. Quarto. Green cloth boards stamped in gold with gilt topstain and illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean and crisp with spine straight. Binding tight and sound. Complete with 12 full-color plates and 25 black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Light bumps to bottom corners. No writing or names. No dust jacket. A wonderful copy of this classic edition featuring the iconic illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 224 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1931.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Arthur Rackham. Hardcover. Top text block gold gilt. Dust jacket has some chips head, heel, extremities, shelf wear to rear dust jacket (tiny hole rear), small water stains bottom of spine, front flap hinge detached 3/4 of the length. Toning to pages. Latimore & Haskell 67. Horne 301.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First American trade edition. Quarto (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 inches; 239 x 183 mm.). Collating 223, (1). Publishers dark blue ribbed cloth over boards, front cover and spine decoratively stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Twelve color plates, including frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards. Twenty-five black and white illustrations. Title printed in green and black. A very Fine copy with the original color pictorial dust jacket with a 'titled' version of the color plate "Marry, God requite you, sir, and we'll eat it cheerfully" (facing p. 82) on the front panel. Original blue cardboard box with the same color illustration as on the dust jacket pasted on the top panel and a white label "The Compleat Angler / Izaak Walton / Illustrated by Arthur Rackham" on the lower edge. Two corners of box lid neatly repaired. First published in 1653, Walton's work stands alone as the quintessential work of fishing prose. Combined with Arthur Rackham's exceptional illustrations, The Compleat Angler becomes a visual joy and an ideal gift for aficionados. Produced at a time of ill health for both Rackham and his artist wife Edyth, the book was one of several designed to help reignite interest in his work and generate income for the couple. Its release coincided with several exhibitions of his illustrations in New York.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
RACKHAM, ARTHUR, Artist. WALTON, IZAAK. THE COMPLETE ANGLER. David McKay [1931], Philadelphia, 1931.
Price: US$1144.00 + shipping
Description: 250 x 188 mm. (9 7/8 x 7 1/2"). 223, [1] pp. Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt lettering, original (price-clipped) pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the original box with the dust jacket image pasted onto the top, as issued (the box with a little wear along edges, a couple of tears and neat repairs to corners and sides, but in excellent condition overall). Illustrated title page and endpapers, 24 illustrations in the text, and 12 COLOR PLATES (including frontispiece), all BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. Latimore & Haskell, p. 67; Hudson, p. 172; Coigney 313; Oliver 276. âDust jacket with very minor imperfections (a small stain near head of backstrip, very slight yellowing on spine and a hint of soiling on lower wrapper), but essentially in fine condition, and the binding and contents pristine. This is an outstanding copy of a classic that is as much a meditation on the tranquility to be found in nature as it is a guide to the sport of angling, with illustrations that bring the charming countryside to life. Hudson says that in this work Rackham turned to an emphasis on "historical costume and river landscape, in which he had long been supremely accomplished and successful." As indicated on the copyright page, the text here is reprinted from the fifth edition of 1676, the last to be revised by the author, but with the spelling modernized. Walton (1593-1683) lived in turbulent times, and he suffered personal tragedy (he endured the deaths of both his wives and eight of his nine children), but, largely because of the present work, he is forever identified with quietude and serenity. First published in 1653, his "Compleat Angler" is the classic work on the art of angling, infused with wise fish lore, written by an indomitable angler who knew every haunt of fresh water fish in the south of England. But, as Day says, "the love of angling is only the outward sign of a gentle inward grace, the soul of a thoroughly good man who loves peace and quiet meditation. If any one man created the idyll of the English countryside, it was Walton." Although most Rackham books were produced in large enough quantities that one can still hope to find fine copies in the marketplace, the present one--complete with the infrequently seen original box--is in especially fine condition, and the jacket lacks any of the chipping or tearing that often mar copies of this work.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.