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Price: US$150.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: contemporary half calf black leather binding with marbled boards; four raised bands; lettering in gilt on a red leather label; gilt is bright; two volumes in one; the binder for some unknown reason has chosen to bind in a second title page and frontispiece dated 1827; why is a mystery as the 2 additional leaves are heavily foxed unlike all other pages; attractive book plate on front paste-down; spine is square and hinges are tight; 325 pp being [232] and [93]; followed by an Index [4]; all edges tinted red; Charles Cotton was an angler friend of Walton and following a number of editions by Walton, Cotton added a second part to The Compleat Angler; it continued the dialogue between Piscator ( an experienced angler) and Viator( a student fisherman) and particularly dealt with fly fishing and the tying of flies; Duodecimo (100 x 68 mm).
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: An attractively bound Pickering edition of The Complete Angler, first published in 1653. The publications of William Pickering were renowned for their quality and the elegance of their design and typography. Pickering's "achievements are now well acknowledged: the introduction of cloth binding, leading to the wider availability of books at lower prices; the publication of reputable editions of both standard and neglected works; and a close attention to book design which had a lasting influence" (ODNB). Duodecimo (100 x 68 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, marbled sides ruled in blind, spine lettered and tooled in gilt, raised bands ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. With 2 portrait frontispieces, 1 title-page vignette. Bookplate of William Boys Tylden-Patttenson to front pastedown. A little scuffing to covers, slight wear to edges, slight foxing to contents. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom