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New York. : Weathervane., 1975.. First edition thus. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated with color plates by Arthur Rackham. Very scarce in this condition.

London.: Harrap., 1985.. Reprint. . Soft cover. . Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated with color plates by Arthur Rackham. Very scarce in this condition.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Together with: Charles Cotton's, "How to Angle for a Trouit or Grayling in a Clear Stream". Illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline and an introduction by James Russell Lowell. From the Easton Press Library of Fly-fishing Classics. This classic work was first published in 1653. This copy is quite clean and crisp throughout. 316pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Red Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo.

Hes en de Graaf, 1969. Hardcover. New. 246 pages. 5.83x4.09x0.87 inches.

London: A & C Black, 1928. First. hardcover. fine/poor. Several illustrations. 246 pages. 12mo, un-lettered brown sheep, printed d.w. (well-worn and repaired with tape), board slipcase with paper labels. London: A. & C. Black, 1928. First edition thus. A fine copy in poor dust wrapper and very good slipcase.<br/><br/> A facsimile of the 1653 first edition.<br/><br/>

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. .

1797. Book. Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. SIXTH EDITION 1/4 leather 4 plates front cover detached. with music.

HBDJ, VG+/VG, WITH SCUFF RUB TINY CHIPS TO DJ EXTREMITIES ,1962. 1st Edition , EARLY ISSUE REPRINT , SMALL LAVENDER RED with Copper gilt on Spine CvrHardcover, LARGER FORMAT. 215, 8 Pp ADS.. Illustrated dust jacket over pink cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Notable sunning to spine and sunning to interior. TINY EDGe CREASES & back of DJ says few 500 AUTHORS ,INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET BOTTRALL, NOT ILLUSTRATED, GOLD & WHITE EL ENDPAPERS , PINK B/W Illustrated Dustjacket BY BIRO of 2 Fishing FROM WATERS BANK & BASKET OF LARGE FISH, COMMENTS ON Ancient & Modern Practice of Fishing. TREASTISE ON ANGLING. ENSURES HIS LITERARY IMMORTALITY. IT INSTRUCTS AMUSES MEDIFIES, work begins with Londoners making a fishing trip up the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire, starting… Read More

HBDJ, 1939. 1st Edition , EARLY ISSUE REPRINT WITH PASTED STICKER ON PG SHOWING WALTONS FACE & SMALL BIO. ,Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine. BACK OF DJ MENTIONS FEW 500 AUTHORS , Xliv, 215, 8 Pp ADS. Orange EMBOSSEDCloth, Gilt on Spine cvr.. Excellent Edition With A Long Introduction By Lang. In Unusually Well Preserved Condition: Book Is Fine-, Former Owner's Information On Front Endpaper But No Wear Or Damage; A Blurb On Walton, With His Photo And Short Bio, Is Neatly Pasted Beneath The Copyright Information And Looks To Be On Paper Similar To The Dj . Dj Is Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Rubbing Right On A Few Points At Top And Bottom Edges, Very Slightbronwing/Fading To Spine.

London: John, Francis & Charles Rivington. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Some foxing. 1784. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lxxxii, 268pp, xxxiv, 111pp, [x] + plates. 14 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. .

London: F & C Rivington, G G and J Robinson, J & J Taylor, R Faulder, W Bent, J Scatcherd, E Jefferey, T N Longman. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Slight foxing. 1797. Sixth Edition. Hardback marbled boards with brown leather spine. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, lxxii, 262pp,xxxii, 111pp, [x] + plates. 5 b/w plates + vignettes. .

London: Thomas Hope. G: in good condition. Cover rubbed and marked. Edge-wear. Loss to spine ends. Splitting to outer hinges. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owner plate to front paste-down. Sporadic foxing and browning. 1760. First Hawkins Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp; xlviii, iv, ii iv, 128pp + index. 15 b/w plates + in-text illustrations. This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year, and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the two editors.' Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Browne's changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. .

London: Henry Kent. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Some foxing. 1759. Seventh Edition. Green hardback cloth cover with grey slipcase. 160mm x 90mm (6" x 4"). xxiv, 340pp, [viii] + plates. 10 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Inscribed by Moses Browne on frontis verso + numerous hand-written notes on fishing within. .

London: J Rivington; T Caslon; R Withy. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 1766. Second Hawkins Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. 16 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Part II dated 1760. .

London: Thomas Hope. G: in Good condition. Rebacked using original leather. Cover rubbed and marked. Some foxing. Slight corner damage to final four leaves. 1760. First Hawkins Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp; xlviii, iv, ii iv, 128pp; + index. 15 b/w plates & numerous b/w vignettes. This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year, and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the two editors.' Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Browne's changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. .

London: John, Francis & Charles Rivington. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and darkened. Some foxing. Heraldic bookplate to front pastedown. 1784. Fourth Edition. Green hardback leather cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lxxxii, 268pp, xxxiv, 111pp, [x] + plates. 14 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Sir John Hawkins own copy. Bookplate of Charles Sidney Hawkins. .

London: J. Rivington at the Bible and Crown, in St . Paul's Church-Yard; T. Caslon, in Stationers Court; and R. Withy, in Cornhill. VG: in very good condition. Rebound with new eps and reinforcements. Book-plate on paste-down with neat ownership signature. Repairs to gutter of front and rear eps; also to fore edge of rear eps. Prelimnary pages re-attached, with some browning and edge-tearing. Lower corner of title absent. Some discolouration to lower half of text block throughout. 1766. Second Hawkins Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp, xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. Fourteen engraved plates and two engraved frontis plates; additional woodcuts within the text by Mr. Ryland. Part II dated 1760. .

1759. Printed and sold by Henry Kent, London. The First Part 'Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing.' The Second Part being 'Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream.' 'With Draughts of all the Fish; ornamented with a Number of Copper Plates, and a great variety of useful and copious Notes by Moses Browne.' The Appendix concerns the Laws surrounding Angling. Leather boards rubbed and edgeworn, corners and spine ends bumped and chipped, front board detached from binding, 5 raised bands to spine, spine rubbed and worn with loss, ink inscription to front pastedown dated 1820, fep, frontispiece, title page, Preface and Postcript detached from binding, closed edges browned, in-text illustrations throughout, text clear to read, final pages dog-eared at head and browned along edges, feint notation marks to head of rear pastedown.. Seventh Edition. Leather. Fair. 16mo.

, in two parts, xxiv, 340 pages, [8], 10 engraved plates (including frontispiece), engravings in text throughout, initials friezes head and tail pieces, music (The Angler's Catch), inscriptions to upper endpapers blanks and title page (including notes with page references), inscription to lower pastedown "Algernon Percy", printed note and armorial bookplate to upper pastedown 'Edmund Ferrers'

S[amuel]. Bagster, in the Strand. London. 1810. Small square 8vo. . pp. Bagster title-page, facsimile engraved title-page of the 1653 edition, (xii), 246. 17 engraved plates of fish, delicately hand-coloured, 6 engraved text vignettes of fish, 2 engraved pages of music for two singers [one page is printed upside down so that when the book is opened, the two singers, one on each side of the book, can read the music together]. Contemporary half calf rubbed at the edges, cloth faded, small and faint mark on the title, small dust mark on the last page, faint ripple to the final few leaves of text, otherwise both joints firm and contents clean.