COMPLEAT ANGLER
by WALTON, IZAAC
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1948. WALTON, Izaac. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the Perusal of Anglers, by Izaak Walton; with Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by Charles Cotton; and with an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948. 1/1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. 4to., vellum spine stamped in gilt, blue paper-covered boards. Small bump at top-edeg of each board, else fine. With remnants of a faded box which is missing the back panel and split at one edge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28731
- Title
- COMPLEAT ANGLER
- Author
- WALTON, IZAAC
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
Boston Book Company
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Boston Book Company
Biblio member since 2006
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...