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Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: , Vol 1 - [8] xix [1] 245 [3] pages, Vol 2 - [8] 243 [1] pages, 53 black and white plates across both volumes ( engraved by Audinet) 43 of which are on Japon paper. Limited to 350 copies this copy is numbered 78, some unopened pages Tercentenary Edition , the books are slightly rubbed to boards, vellum spines are a little marked (Vol 2 is a little worse than Vol 1), pastedowns and end papers are foxed, presentation plate tipped to upper free endpaper of volume 1, previous book owner's plate tipped to pastedown of volume 2, Japon paper is tanned, very good condition , quarter bound vellum under green cloth with gilt blindstamped design to upper board and gilt design and lettering to spine, gilt text block head edge , large octavo, 26cm x 20.5cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto quarter vellum and green cloth. With lovely gilt motifs to the spine and front. TEG. Page fore edges are untrimmed. 245 & 243 pp. With an abridgment of the Lives of the Authors by Sir John Hawkins. #163/350. Frontispiece portraits of the authors to each volume. With fifty-three illustrations, many on Japon paper. Printed on Dickinson's hand-made paper. The original 4-page prospectus is laid in loose. There is staining along the lower spine area of each volume and the extreme lower front edge of volume one. The corners are bumped. Bump to the upper spine of volume one. Toning to the endpapers. In the very scarce original cloth dust jackets, lettered in gilt on the spines. The spines are darkened, lightly soiled. Some wear, small tears to the spine ends. Light wear to the corners. There is staining to the lower spines that matches that of the books although it is largely visible only to the underside. The prospectus has some chipping along the fore edge. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
WALTON Izaak. The Complete Angler. Samuel Bagster, 1893.
Price: US$324.06 + shipping
Description: 2 Vols, xix 245 243 pages, TEG, small 4to., illus including etchings by Percy Thomas + drawings etc, limited to 350 numbered copies, bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnear Society. There are 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge. A vg clean copy. 1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edn.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (2 Vols). Lt-green cover w. gilt bird motif on front. White leather spine, w. gilt title and gilt fish motif. Spine discoloured, but sound. Btm edge bumped. TEG. Remaining edges rough-cut. Integral ribbon marker. Slight age-toning to endpapers. Small ink ownership inscription on ffep. No.112 of a Limited Edition of 350 copies. Frontispiece to both vols. w. paper guard. A discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing with an abridgment of the Lives of the authors by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. Edited, with notes from a naturalist's point of view by J E Harting, Librarian of the Linnean Society of London. With 53 illustrations, inc. etchings by Percy Thomas, RPE, from paintings by John Linnell, Senior, and engravings of riverside animals and birds by G E Lodge. Vol I: (i-xix), 245 pp. Contents. List of illustrations. Preface. Memoir of Izaak Walton. Dedication to John Offley. Izaak Walton's address to the reader, foll. by the text. Vol II: 243 pp. Index at rear. Both vols. illustrated w. attractive b&w plates, inc. illustrations of various kinds of fish at rear of Vol II. All plates w. paper guard. Angling. (Note: Heavy volumes, postage at cost).
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Walton, Izaak, and Cotton, Charles.. The Complete Angler. Smauel Bagster, 1893.
Price: US$560.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THE COMPLETE ANGLER. IZAAK WALTON and CHARLES COTTON. Published by: Samuel Bagster, London. 1893. Tercentenary edition. Numbered copy. Two small quarto volumes, pp245 and pp243. 53 illustrations: including etchings by Percy Thomas, paintings by John Linnell, and engravings by G.E. Lodge. Original binding of quarter vellum with gilt motifs to spines and front. Top edges gilt. Pages unopened. One of 350 numbered copies. Housed in slip case. 'The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, and Fishing'. Edited by J.E. Harting. Includes an abridgment of 'The Lives of the Authors' by Sir John Hawkins.
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Walton Izaak. The Complete Angler. Samuel Bagster, 1893.
Price: US$618.66 + shipping
Description: xix 245 243 pages, Two volumes TEG, small 4to., illustrations including 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge, limited to 350 numbered copies, this being number 71 bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. A partly unopened copy, a very clean bright set in the original green cloth DJs in a cloth covered slipcase. The slipcase UNRECORDED by Coigney, Oliver and Horne. The thick card slipcase is covered in the same green cloth as the DJs and the boards of the binding, the title in gilt and imprint is on the short edge rather than on spine backed edge, a few old marks to the cloth. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnean Society. A very clean bright fine set in the original DJs and rare slipcase. £420 1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edition.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I: [245] pp. Volume II: [243] pp. Ex libris Staffordshire and Walsall Collection w/ vellum spines & gilt cover boards WALTON, Izaak and COTTON, Charles Samuel Bagster And Sons, Limited 1893 10.25" x 8"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$960.65 + shipping
Description: Tercentenary Edition, limited edition of 350 numbered copies, this No. 164. With fifty-three illustrations, including 43 full page engravings on Japon paper. Also including twelve exquisite engravings in the text drawn and engraved by George Edward Lodge. "[Lodge] was recognised on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the finest bird-artists this country has ever produced." (Times Obituary). 2 volumes, 4to., original vellum backed green cloth boards, spines lettered in gilt with large gilt fish, upper boards with gilt block of a bird in flight. With scarce original green cloth dust wrappers, lettered in gilt on spines. A very handsome, largely unopened, set. There is some browning and spotting to the insides of the dust wrappers. There is some browning to the first and last few leaves offset from the binding, in vol II affecting the half-title and colophon, with the clear impression of where the wrappers have been on these pages. Westwood & Satchell, Supplement to Bibliotheca Piscatoria 20.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1024.69 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely copy of the tercentenary edition of Izaak Walton's best known work, 'The Complete Angler'. Complete with Charles Cotton's continuation and notes by J E Harting. First thus, the first and only edition of this special tercentenary publication. With a memoir of Izaak Walton, and dedication to John Offley. 'The Compleat Angler' is Izaak Walton's best known work. It was edited and expanded by Walton for over a quarter of a century. The work is a celebration of fishing through prose and verse. Limited edition, this set is numbered forty-seven of three-hundred and fifty copies produced. Provenance: The Library of Colin and Joan Deacon. In the smart publisher's quarter vellum bindings. To this edition a large selection of additional footnotes have been added regarding the bibliographical history of the work, and the author's own sources. There are several new illustrations included too. With fifty-three illustrations in total, being 43 full page engravings on Japon paper. The plates are engraved by Audinet Linnel, with twelve in-text engravings after drawings by GE Lodge. A truly lovely set of this famous homage to angling. In quarter vellum bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally, in a lovely condition with just some minor marks to the spines as expected with vellum. Bumping to the head and tail of spines. Light bumping to the extremities. A few marks to the boards. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd light spots. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom