Compleat Angler
by WALTON, Izaak
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
A classic Classic. All edges gilt; gold lettering on spine and front board; silk moire endpapers, and satin bookmark. Also included are Charles Cotton's "Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream". Douglas Gorsline labored for over a year on the twelve full-page copper etchings; then took several more months to create the forty supplementary wash drawings. The result is a sumptuous book to sit proudly on your bookshelf.
Synopsis
'The Compleat Angler' is the most famous book ever published in the literature of sport. It is also a work whose unique celebration of the English countryside has attracted readers around the world since it first appeared in 1653. Izaak Walton issued the final version of his beloved book in 1676. 'The Compleat Angler' is both a manual of instruction and a vision of society in harmony with nature. It guides the novice fisherman on how to catch and cook a variety of fish, on how to select and prepare the best bait and make artificial flies, and on the habits of freshwater fish. It promotes angling as a communal activity in which the bonds of friendship are forged through the shared experience of the natural world. Walton lived through turbulent times and found in nature the best salve for national tragedy and personal sorrow. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 371SB
- Title
- Compleat Angler
- Author
- WALTON, Izaak
- Illustrator
- Douglas W. Gorsline
- Format/Binding
- Gorgeous Dark Green leather with gold lettering on spine and front board.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 316
- Size
- Tall 8 vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- "Notes from the Archives" laid in.
Terms of Sale
Stillman Books
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About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
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