The Compleat Angler
by Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John Lane & the Bodley Head Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1931. Reprint. 454 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with green lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Frontispiece partially detached. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages are rough cut. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with discolouration, staining and marking to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1701183885IEV
- Title
- The Compleat Angler
- Author
- Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane & the Bodley Head Ltd
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...