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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a discourse on rivers, fish, ponds and fishing. 1653 COMPLETE ANGLER, includes Anglers son with music notes , being a discourse of fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a discourse on rivers, fish, ponds and fishing. 1653 COMPLETE ANGLER, includes Anglers son with music notes , being a discourse of fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a discourse on rivers, fish, ponds and fishing. 1653 COMPLETE ANGLER, includes Anglers son with music notes , being a discourse of fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers

by Isaac WALTON, (IZAAK ) inner Hinges Starting , Black endpapers tiny edge chips, Dedicatory, To the Reader, Illustrated B/W drawings of Fish, The title is engraved within ornaments holding hanging Fish on either Side, while the subtitle and imprint are Pr

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London Printed by T. Maxey , for Rich Marriot PUBL, Printed on Laid Paper, 1653 HARDBACK, NODustJacket ISSUED, 1st UK edition was 1653, This POSSIBLE 1st early edition , Known as the Griggs facsimile edition, published in 1882 by William Griggs, London. Griggs was photo-lithographer to the Queen. It is a photographic reproduction of a first edition, but many pages required additional touch-up work to make it presentable. , GOOD-/GOOD, AS-IS, NO JACKET, 1653 ON TITLE PAGE, Light rub, wear Fade Plain brown Calf LEATHER BINDING, pg. 114 reading VVhen not VVien) , 246 pgs. NOJACKET, Small cover creases, 3 3/4 X 6 in. Tiny tears spine cvr Edges, Fade Gold Gilt Spine cvr & wear to spine ends, PAGE 217 Anglers Song Bassus Printed upside down, 246 pgs, 13 chapters,a printing or binding error which has led to few sections of pgs need be reglued back into book they are separated OR not being bound in ORIGINALLY ?, The title is engraved within ornaments, while the subtitle and imprint are printed using type. Maybe a Fascimile of the 1653 edition done in 1880?s OR 1928 ?, Small 8vo , he bass part of the Angler s Song is printed upside down by design. Page 44 has Alehouse on Line 19. Page 114 , line 10 reads VVhen instead of VVien. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a discourse on rivers, fish, ponds and fishing. 1653 COMPLETE ANGLER, includes Anglers son with music notes , being a discourse of fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers
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Isaac WALTON, (IZAAK ) inner Hinges Starting , Black endpapers tiny edge chips, Dedicatory, To the Reader, Illustrated B/W drawings of Fish, The title is engraved within ornaments holding hanging Fish on either Side, while the subtitle and imprint are Pr
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Hardcover
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London Printed by T. Maxey , for Rich Marriot PUBL, Printed on Laid Paper
Date Published
1653
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COMPLEAT ANGLER FISING SPORTS ISAAC WALTON, (IZAAK )

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