The Compleat Walton: The Compleat Angler, The Lives of Donne Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
by WALTON, IZAAK
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Nonesuch Press 1929. Limited numbered edition in full leather (as issued) in the scarce slipcase, octavo, leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges gilted, marbled eps, frontispiece, x + 631pp, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in marbled slipcase VG (light rubbing, light tanning, light soiling)
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- Title
- The Compleat Walton: The Compleat Angler, The Lives of Donne Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
- Author
- WALTON, IZAAK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press 1929
- Keywords
- literature Izaak Walton letter writings fishing
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- Edges
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.