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The Complete Angler or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, Two Volumes in Dust Jackets

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The Complete Angler or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, Two Volumes in Dust Jackets

by Walton, Izaak and Cotton, Charles; edited From A Naturalist's Point Of View by J. E. Harting

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Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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London: Samuel Bagster and Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1893. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto quarter vellum and green cloth. With lovely gilt motifs to the spine and front. TEG. Page fore edges are untrimmed. 245 & 243 pp. With an abridgment of the Lives of the Authors by Sir John Hawkins. #163/350. Frontispiece portraits of the authors to each volume. With fifty-three illustrations, many on Japon paper. Printed on Dickinson's hand-made paper. The original 4-page prospectus is laid in loose. There is staining along the lower spine area of each volume and the extreme lower front edge of volume one. The corners are bumped. Bump to the upper spine of volume one. Toning to the endpapers. In the very scarce original cloth dust jackets, lettered in gilt on the spines. The spines are darkened, lightly soiled. Some wear, small tears to the spine ends. Light wear to the corners. There is staining to the lower spines that matches that of the books although it is largely visible only to the underside. The prospectus has some chipping along the fore edge. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

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Bookseller
Scott Emerson Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
16315
Title
The Complete Angler or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, Two Volumes in Dust Jackets
Author
Walton, Izaak and Cotton, Charles; edited From A Naturalist's Point Of View by J. E. Harting
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition
First Edition Thus
Publisher
Samuel Bagster and Sons
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1893
Keywords
FISHING, Sporting
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Fore Edge
The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
First Edition
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Quarto
The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Soiled
Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Vellum
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Spine
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Cloth
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