Walton, Isaac [Walton, Izaak]; Cotton, Charles; Hawkins, John [ed.]. The Complete [Compleat] Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation in Two Parts. Hawkins Edition. J Rivington; T Caslon; R Withy, London, 1766.

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Description: 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. 16 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Part II dated 1760. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

Walton, Isaac [Walton, Izaak]; Cotton, Charles; Hawkins, John [ed.]. The Complete [Compleat] Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation in Two Parts. Hawkins Edition. J. Rivington at the Bible and Crown, in St . Paul's Church-Yard; T. Caslon, in Stationers Court; and R. Withy, in Cornhill, London, 1766.

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Description: 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp, xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. Fourteen engraved plates and two engraved frontis plates; additional woodcuts within the text by Mr. Ryland. Part II dated 1760. VG: in very good condition. Rebound with new eps and reinforcements. Book-plate on paste-down with neat ownership signature. Repairs to gutter of front and rear eps; also to fore edge of rear eps. Prelimnary pages re-attached, with some browning and edge-tearing. Lower corner of title absent. Some discolouration to lower half of text block throughout

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

WALTON. IZAAK. ; COTTON. CHARLES.. THE COMPLETE ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts. To which now is prefixed, The Lives of the Authors, and Noted historical, critical and explanatory. By John Hawkins, of Twickenham, Esq.. J. Rivington, T. Caslon, and R. Withy. London. 1766 + 1760, 1766.

Price: US$704.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SECOND HAWKINS EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 4.7 inches). (2pp - advert leaf for books printed by R. Withy), lvi, xxii, 304, -- Second part; (1 - Portrait of Cotton), xlviii, iv, ii, iv,128, (viii, index). Complete. Separate title to second part, dated 1760. Illustrated with 14 engraved full page plates, including one of music, plus 16 engraved text illustrations. A clean copy with good strong impressions of the plates. Bound in contemporary full tan calf, with a later dark brown calf title label added. Spine with expert replacements of the top and bottom panels, and two board corners to match the original. Five raised bands. Compartments ruled in gilt. Date to the bottom panel in gilt. Small previous owner bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Some offsetting to the endpapers, from the leather turn ins. Hinges are a little cracked to the surface but firm and strong. Corners a little bumped but overall an attractive and tactile copy of this attractive edition in an expertly restored early binding.

Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom

WALTON, Izaak. and COTTON, Charles. and HAWKINS, John.. The Complete Angler ( Compleat Angler ): Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts.to which now is prefixed The Lives of the Authors bound with Three Adverts. ' USTONSON '.. J. Rivington, T Caslon, and R Withy,, London, 1766.

Price: US$845.37 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo, pp [6, adverts], lvi, xxii, 304, [1], xlviii, iv, ii, iv,128, [6,index], separate title to second part, 2 engraved frontispieces including portrait in part 2, 14 engraved plates including music, engraved text illustrations, bound in contemporary calf, an early reback with raised bands, red label and fish ornament tooling, SECOND HAWKINS EDITION, an attractive and popular 18th century edition, this a re-issue of the 1760 printing of Thomas Hope with cancel title page. Though a common enough book this is a unique copy with three advertisement leaves at the front. One of these relates to books printed for R Withy, whose name appears in the imprint of this edition only and largely promotes, in some detail, a translation fo Theevenot's 'The Art of Swimming' [1764, though no Withy edition is recorded], useful perhaps for the careless angler. Also of interest is Withy's advert for 'The New Impenetrable Secret' a set of puzzle cards based upon Samuel Richardson's novels [1760, Sale 47, quoting the London Chronicle advert].Of more relevance to the Walton and Cotton is a double page advert directed 'To all Lovers of Angling. Onesimus Ustonson (April 1736 – after 1783) was an English manufacturer of fishing tackle. He invented the multiplying reel, and supplied fishing tackle to the naturalist Joseph Banks for the second voyage of James Cook, 1772–1775. The firm of Ustonson went on to become Royal Warrant holders to three successive British monarchs. imus Ustonson.at the [ with his large crown and fish woodcut logo], advertising all kinds of fishing tackle and equptment in some detail, including 'Kirby's Hooks' which are advertised on the facing leaf [cut to blank top and bottom], dated 1768 declaring Charles Kirby's 'engagement with Mr Ustonson.' These two leaves clearly came together though they are recorded separately in ESTC, the second BL only, the first BL and 2 other locations - one bound up with a 1760 Hawkins Upper board detached, lightly foxed to index leaves at the end, else a sound copy.

Seller: Zantiques, London, United Kingdom