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Price: US$282.12 + shipping
Description: 2 Teile in 1 Band. 8°. LVI, XXII, 303 (1) S.; XLVIII, IV, II, IV, 128 S., (8) S. (Index). Mit 1 Frontispiz, 1 Porträt, 14 Kupfertafeln (davon 2 Tafeln gest. Noten) und 17 Textkupfer. Lederband der Zeit. Das Papier im Schnitt gebräunt, einige Tafeln mit Einrissen. Das erste gedruckte Blatt mit einem alten handschr. Besitzereintrag. Der Einband berieben und bestossen. Die Einbandgelenke angeplatzt. Sprache: deutsch / german. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +
Seller: EOS Buchantiquariat Benz, Zürich, Switzerland
Price: US$378.75 + shipping
Description: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp; xlviii, iv, ii iv, 128pp + index. 15 b/w plates + in-text illustrations. This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year, and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the two editors.' Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Browne's changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Edge-wear. Loss to spine ends. Splitting to outer hinges. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owner plate to front paste-down. Sporadic foxing and browning
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An early edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's noted and influential work on fishing. The first Hawkins edition. In a full calf binding with gilt detail to the spine. With eleven full-page plates, a frontispiece for part two, two plates of music and several vignette illustrations. Lacking the frontispiece of volume one, and plate three. 'The Complete Angler', also titled, 'The Compleat Angler', is Izaak Walton's best known work. It is a celebration of fishing through prose and verse, and was edited and expanded by Walton for over a quarter of a century. The second part of this work is written by Walton's friend and fellow angler, Charles Cotton. With the lives of the authors included, alongside historical notes, critical and explanatory. Rebound in full calf. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Fading to the spine. Light offsetting to the edges of the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, binding strained. Lacking the frontispiece and plate 3. Pages xix-xxx are loose, but present. Loss to the upper title page. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting throughout. Ink mark to page 184. Scattered handling marks throughout. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$514.02 + shipping
Description: 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp; xlviii, iv, ii iv, 128pp; + index. 15 b/w plates & numerous b/w vignettes. This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year, and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the two editors.' Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Browne's changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. G: in Good condition. Rebacked using original leather. Cover rubbed and marked. Some foxing. Slight corner damage to final four leaves
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$760.08 + shipping
Description: TITLE CONTINUED: To which are now prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. Illustrated with cuts of the several Kinds of River-Fish, and of the Implements used in Angling, Views of the principal Scenes described in the Book. And notes Historical, Critical and Explanatory. FIRST HAWKINS EDITION 1760. 8vo, approximately 175 x 110 mm, 7 x 4½ inches, slightly trimmed copy, 15 full page engraved plates including portrait of Charles Cotton, 2 plates of music and 3 plates of fishing tackle, 17 small copper engravings of fish in the text, plus1 extra woodcut illustration of an early angler, 1 engraved headpiece, pages: lvi, xxii, 1-303, [1], xlviii, iv, ii, iv, 1-128, plus 8 pages of index, bound in full black morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, date at foot, gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Slight rubbing to binding, a small closed tear to the top of the title page, neatly repaired, not near text, title page and the 3 plates of tackle slightly dusty, occasional pale foxing to text and margins of plates, the 8 pages of index foxed, heavy on last 2 leaves, a small old printed label on W. Ryland (11 engraved illustrations are by William W. Ryland) pasted on first blank endpaper with previous owner's pencil notes below, otherwise a very good copy. See: Rodolphe L. Coigney, Izaak Walton A New Bibliography 1653-1987, page 133; Bernard S. Horne, The Compleat Angler 1653-1967, page 24; Peter Oliver, A New Chronicle Of The Compleat Angler, pages 23-29; The Library of The Late John Gerard Heckscher of New York City, No. 2018, pages 104-05; Westwood and Satchell, Bibliotheca Piscatoria, page 221. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$978.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 9th edition. Two engraved frontispieces, two title pages, xxii, 203(1) pp. xlviii, [i] ii-iv, [i] ii, [i] ii-iv, 1-128pp, [8]pp. index. Two separate title pages each with frontispieces, illustrated with 12 other full-page illustrations, 2 full pages of music, 3 vignette head pieces and several in text illustrations of various types of fish (includes river-fish, and of the implement used in angling, views of the principal scenes described in the book, and notes, historical, critical, and explanatory). In two parts: The First Part written by Mr. Izaak Walton, The Second by Charles Cotton, to which are now prefixed, the Lives of the Authors. Bound in full contemporary calf double ruled in gilt, earlier rebacking to style, raised bands and lettering gilt, corners somewhat worn, rubbing to upper joints, scattered foxing but mostly clean, with bookplate of [John Campbell], 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, along with another bookplate positioned on the rear pastedown that of Clarise Berky. A very nice copy.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1288.26 + shipping
Description: First Hawkins edition. Westwood & Satchell note that "in this new edition, the original text was restored to its primitive purity; the pruning-knife was not resumed; all poetical tinkering was repudiated, and old Isaac's 'redundancies', 'superfluities', and 'absurdities', were brought back to light, and left to stand or fall on their own merits or demerits". This edition was edited by John Hawkins (1719-1789) and was "the first to have abundant annotations" (Horne). As noted by Satchell, it "came into competition with that issued by [Moses] Browne in the previous year, and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the rival editors'". Satchell continues that "Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. The annotation is copious and has for the most part been retained in subsequent reprints". Horne notes that "like the Moses Browne edition of 1750, this first Hawkins edition may also have been inspired by Samuel Johnson, since the editor, Sir John Hawkins, was a member of the famous Literary Club organized by the great critic and conversationalist". Rodolphe L. Coigney, Izaak Walton: a New Bibliography 1653-1987 9; Bernard S. Horne, The Compleat Angler, 1653-1967: a New Bibliography; 7; Thomas Satchell, Bibliography of Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, 1882, p. 7; Thomas Westwood & Thomas Satchell, Chronicle of The "Compleat Angler", 1883, pp. 24-28. Octavo (179 x 112 mm). Early 20th-century green half calf, spine with raised bands, brown morocco label, spine lettered in gilt, compartments in gilt, all edges gilt. 16 engraved plates, largely by William Wynne Ryland after designs by Samuel Wade, together with numerous woodcuts. Spine faded, corners bumped and rubbed, repair to margin of M2 not affecting text, occasional foxing and browning: a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: RARE. TRUE FIRST EDITION of this renowned treasure. 134pp. The acknowledged true classic: the world's very first book on fishing, covering in specific detail all its sundry aspects. This splendid copy, bound to style in rich chocolate brown full leather, tastefully decorated with gilt lines, gilt dentelles, spine with raised bands, elaborately embellished with red leather title labels, gilt lettering, embossed designs. .
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.