COMPLETE ANGLER, Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation by Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton - 1898

Narvarre Society, 1925. Hardback. Very Good. The Navarre Society. London. 1925. Hardcover. Sunning to spine and slight sunning to front boards. The First Navarre Edition (Coigney 285). Large 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppxvi,445. Illustrated ""With eight original etchings by Damman and seventy-four wood engravings,"" title & half-title printed in red & black. Green cloth, spine titled & decorated in gilt, blind-stamped design on upper board. Spine faded, slight foxing but a good copy. ""This edition of The Complete Angler, edited by John Major, with eight etchings by Damman on Japon Vellum, is printed upon paper specially made for this edition and is strictly limited.""

The Navarre Society Limited, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 3.2995 in x 21.3198 in x 14.2132 in. Ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.

The Navarre Society Limited, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3.2995 in x 21.3198 in x 14.2132 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Some markings to book covers, one paint marking to front cover; otherwise in good condition. Clean text, sound binding.

London: William Pickering, 1825. Hardcover. Contemporary brown cloth. Very good. 314 (4) pages. 9.5 x 6 cm. Miniature book. Original spine paper label chipped with loss. Interior contents clean, illustrated with occasional wood engravings.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1889. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 2 volumes. 208pp., pp. 209-4465pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean, unread set, with nearly all pages unopened. Some foxing to the frontispiece and opposite leaf in volume I, the crowns worn on both volumes, but otherwise a sharp set; overall very good. Stately gentleman's bookplate on the front paste-down of each volume. This is number 140 of 500 limited sets. This particular example includes a presumably very scarce [4]pp. promotional pamphlet regarding the set. The pamphlet notes Lowell's Introduction as the primary new feature of this oft-reprinted text, and also provides a list of illustrations, some more promotional language, and a sample page, which invludes an inset engraving of a trout. The pamphlet is curled, toned, and chipped along the edges, with an old horizontal fold; in good condition only. OCLC locates no copies of the promotional pamphlet, either as a separately listed holding, or as part of a book… Read More

London: William Pickering,, 1826. 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.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1866. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large thick octavo, 445pp., illustrated. First Little, Brown edition (Coigney 88). One of 100 copies, so stated on the verso of the title page. A very good copy bound in slightly later 3/4 dark brown morocco and green cloth. Outer joints show some restoration, and there is some rubbing to the extremities and cracking to the leather, but it's nevertheless a clean, sound example, bright, fresh, and lovely internally. Illustrated with 74 in-text engravings on wood and 12 inserted plates on steel. This copy belonged to Peter Oliver, the author of the first significant Angler bibliography, "A New Chronicle of the Compleat Angler" (Paisley, 1936). Oliver's small, neat ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper. Among the scarcest 19th century editions, this handsome wide-margined edition was printed in very small numbers. Coigney (88) states that half of the 100 copies printed were destroyed in a warehouse fire. This fact… Read More

London: William Pickering, 1836. Large paper copy. The First Nicholas Edition. Moderate foxing primarily due to the properties of the various papers of the extra plates.. Large paper copy. The First Nicholas Edition. Extra-Illustrated and expanded to four volumes. There are 318 extra plates, 23 colored. Bound by Riach in full green morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and simple panel ornaments, the covers with a series of ruled frames with cornerpieces, dentelles. This edition was a favorite of the extra-illustrator... [a set] was exhibited at the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883... containing some 5,000 extra-illustrations... [and] extended to 41 volumes. (Coigney 44). Kelly. Pickering Checklist, 1836.17; Keynes, p. 94 (a Keynes "Special Merit" title; Horne 43.