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Complete Angler
by Izaak Walton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Allan Bell, London, 1836. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler, London: Allan Bell & Co., 1836. 12mo, reprinted 1833 Rennie edition, pp. 328, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, frontis portrait of Izaak Walton and one plate showing his house, plus illustrations in text, edited by James Rennie with lives and notes by Sir John Hawkins. The Rennie version eventually ran to 8 editions -- readers never seem to get enough of this book. Thomas Westwood Catalogue, 373. The present copy is an Edinburgh reissue of the first, although Izaak Walton - A Bibliography 46 considers it a 9th edition. Condition of this book: Chips in covers, 3-inch split in front joint with spine cloth detached there, soiled endpages, overall good and sound. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54255. .
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54255
- Title
- Complete Angler
- Author
- Izaak Walton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allan Bell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Sports & Pastimes; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Izaak Walton Complete Angler
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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