Buy this book on-line WALTON, Izaak : The Complete Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing. In two parts: The First Written by Izaak Walton. The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq. With The Lives of the Authors: And Notes, Historical, Supplementary and Explanatory by Sr John Hawkins, Knt1822
James Smith. London. 1822. First Smith edition in the original boards rebacked in appropriate brown paper with white printed paper label. lx, 386 pages [including 5 pages of publisher's adverts] Portrait frontis., vignette title + 14 plates (all as called for) bound after the sixty pages of introduction though each has in pencil the instructions for where the plates should be bound. Inner hinge strengthened with binder's tape. Boards are soiled, and worn to edges, ownership signature, occasional foxing otherwise a clean and sound copy of this edition which is often referred to as "The Gosden Edition" as his imprint is on some of the plates but not published under his name. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of WALTON, Izaak : The Complete Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing. In two parts: The First Written by Izaak Walton. The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq. With The Lives of the Authors: And Notes, Historical, Supplementary and Explanatory by Sr John Hawkins, Knt. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, livres anciens, livres illustrées, out of print books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |