London: George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd., 1931. The text is from the fifth edition of 1676 with the spelling modernised. Original publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt title lettering and decorations to the spine and front board. Illustrated with twelve colour plates by Arthur Rackham with captioned tissue guards. plus line drawings in the text with some chapter head and tail pieces alo in line by Rackham. with decorated endpapers. 224 pages, 7.75 X 10 inches. Very good book with the corners bumped inwards and a little creasing resulting to the top corners of the pages, slight browning and a little speckling to the page edges. Otherwise very clean throughout, all plates and tissue guards in excellent condition. Covers bright only showing minimal shelf wear with all gilt clean and bright, binding firm, no inscriptions.. First Edition. Illus. by Arthur Rackham.

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'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: Jacques Gander (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005346
Title: The Compleat Angler
Author: Izaak Walton
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1931

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