The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation; being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing: In Two Parts... with the lives of the authors, and notes historical, critical and explanatory. by Isaac Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins - 1784

John Wiley, 1848. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Scarce in any condition. Boards detached but present. Backstrip missing. Foxing throughout. Still readable. Textblock sturdy.

James Smith, 1822. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1822. 388 pages. Half bound leather with marbled paper covered boards. Front board is detached but still present. Book divided in two parts. First part written by Isaac Walton. Second part written by Charles Cotton. Advertisements to front. Presumed Ninth edition. Book has been rebound. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Severe cracking to rear hinge causing board to be loose. First few pages up to page VI are loose. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Paper remnants with glue markings to front endpaper and hinge. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Plates are moderately tanned and foxed. Occasional water staining. Faint black marks throughout. Text remains legible. Occasional chipping to edges. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Leather peeling heavily to all surfaces, with loss to corners and spine ends. Large split to rear joint. Visible scuffing and markings to boards. Glue marks to front.

(London: Printed for William Cole: n.d.) [It is believed that William Cole operated approx 1820 to 1830] An owner's name and date 1832 at head of title-page. Cl. lettered in gilt on spine (apparently a later binding) pp. xx, 314 (170 x 105 x about 26 mm thick). Embellished with Portraits of the Authors and Engravings of the River-fish described in the Work. An owner's name label on fixed front endpaper. Some light marking or stains to covers; internally near fine; overall very good copy

Chatto & Windus. Good+. 1875. Hard Cover. Some scuffing and edge wear on spine and boards, small stain on rear board near spine. Front inner hinge is starting to crack but binding is tight. An attractive book. .

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. First Thus. The first edition edited by Bethune. 12mo (19cm). Two parts in one volume. Half black leather with purple cloth over boards, all edges sprinkled brown; black and pink marbled endpapers; [viii],[cxii],[250],[2],[i]-[xxx],[31]-210,[6]pp; 6pp publisher's ads at rear; with four large wood engravings, 5pp of music, and several in-text wood engravings of fish. With 1848 and 1910 ownership inscriptions to front blank. Lacking the engraved plates. Generally sound, with minor handling wear, front joint cracking but holding firmly, occasional foxing: Good or better. "[T]he first Angler edited, published and printed in America," notable for its "long erudite bibliographical preface, the copious notes in the text, and an appendix containing a very complete list of angling books published before 1847." COIGNEY 61.

Hardbound. Very Good. Being a discourse of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. Engraved frontispiece and small engravings of fish in the text, reproducing the edition of 1653, printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot. 12mo. London (Bell & Daldy) 1864. Green morocco, a.e.g. A very good copy of a very pretty edition, printed at the Chiswick Press.

London,: Chatto & Windus, , 1875.. In-8 p. (mm. 194x130), tela editoriale (lievi aloni), decoraz. dorata al piatto, fregi e tit. oro su tassello al dorso, pp. CCI,(7),320 + 40 (Catalogo editoriale di Chatto & Windus). L'opera è ben illustrata da 60 (su 61) tavv. inc. f.t. che raffigurano: ritratti degli A., frontespizi, vedute, pesci, scene di vita, etc. Celebre opera più volte stampata, suddivisa in due parti: la prima contiene "a discourse of rivers fish-ponds, fish and fishing written by Izaak Walton”; la seconda, scritta da Cotton, contiene “instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream”. Testo ben conservato..

London: F & C Rivington, G G & J Robinson, J & J Taylor, R Faulder, W Bent, J Scatcherd, E Jefferey, T N Longman. Worn condition. Lacking front cover, front endpapers and spine - retaining rear board. Contents tightly bound. 1797. Sixth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, lxxvi, 263pp, xxxii, 111pp, [x]. 4 [of 5] plates and vignettes. .

London John C. Nimmo 1889.

New York: John Wiley. Fair; Spine ends complete but very worn, two closed cracks in cloth . of rear hinge totaling under three inches, internally clean with . all blanks.. 1848. First American Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Publisher's blind embossed slate colored cloth, [6], cxi, [1], 249, 210p., some illustrations, ads. **Coigney #62: "With the exception of the new imprint and the date at the foot of the title-page, this is a reissue of the first Bethune edition of 1847." .