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London: Macmillan & Co., 1901. Hardcover. Fair. With a bibliographical note. Page edges rough cut. Some light water damage to cover, rubbing to edges and toning to covers. Spotting to front matter. Contents otherwise clean and binding sound. Fair+.

London, the Nonesuch Press, 1929. 8vo, x+632pp, original full leather, marbled endpapers, very good.. Number 6 of edition limited to 1100 copies.

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)

London: Nonesuch, 1929. Bound in full brown leather, stamped in gold w/ raised bands and decorated endsheets. A beautiful copy of this limited edition (#844/1600). 631 pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Leatherbound, Limited.

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. First Thus. Leather. Very Good. First edition thus published in a slender edition of eleven hundred copies for sale in England of which this is number 733. Tissue guard present. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Bookplate to inside front board; otherwise a bright clean copy in full leather. Spine darkened with age. Comes in accompanying slipcase.

[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1929. First Collected Edition. No. 1,245 of 1,600 copies. 216 x 130 mm. (8 1/2 x 5"). x, 631, [1] pp.Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Original russet morocco with central gilt medallion containing initials I. W., raised bands with gilt titling, top edge gilt on the rough, all other edges untrimmed, ENTIRELY UNOPENED. (Lacking original marbled slipcase.) With six black & white plates and 12 color in-text illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Wright. Dreyfus 61. ◆Leather slightly dulled from leather preservative and some subtle darkening in places, a hint of offsetting from plates, otherwise in fine condition, obviously never read. Produced with the aim to unite the popular, disparate perceptions of Walton produced in readers who have only read one or another of Walton's well-known works, this collection was edited "with a discreet efficiency which allows Walton to speak for himself." (F. Meynell in a letter to G. Keynes) Included, of course, is his classic work on the art… Read More

The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited Edition, 194 of 1100. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. x, 632 pp. Small 8vo. Full tan natural morocco leather over boards, raised bands, black ruled panels with gilt head and tail rules, gilt spine title and 'I.W.' monogram to front cover within floral medallion. Deckled fore and tail, gilt head, marbled endpapers, C. Sigrist engraved Walton frontispiece with 5 additional Sigrist portraits, one for each 'Life'; Compleat Angler illustrated with colored drawings by T. L. Poulton. Spine toned, very light rubbing to tips, small stain to fore tail corner of front cover. Very sound and tight otherwise with FINE interior contents.

London: for Samuel Bagster by R. Watts. 1815., 1815. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. First printing of Bagster's Second Edition (8th since originally published) with an expanded index. Two parts in one. 514 pp. + extensive index, 50 plates indexed (some full-page on heavy stock), 8vo, original full leather binding with gilt edge-decorations to boards, raised bands, gilt spine titles and decorations. Contents complete with moderate foxing as usual, frontis port torn but neatly repaired. Rear hinge is intact but front hinge badly split and poorly repaired. Could benefit from binding repair. A Fair copy overall.

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover with Slipcase. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. The Compleat Walton. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Full leather binding ribbed spine with gilt title, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, deckle edge, frontispiece, Slipcase with matching marbled papers, 631 pages. This edition consists of 1100 copies for sale in England by the Nonesuch Press and 500 copies for sale in the United States by Random House, this is copy number 1548. The drawings have been colour-stencilled by the Curwen Press, London: all under the care of Francis Meynell. Clean unmarked copy, some darkening to the spine as typical for this volume, mild wear to the slipcase edges. Photos on request.

Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Near fine. Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. 8vo, 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (210 x130 mm); pp. [6] x, 631 [5]. 6 copperplate engravings by Charles Sigrist (portraits of Walton, Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, and Sanderson) with tissue guards, but some offsetting to adjoining pages; 10 drawings of fish from in-line blocks, water-colored with stencils. Monotype Poliphilius on Pannekoek mould-made paper. All edges untrimmed, t.e.g. on the rough; bound in full natural morocco, headband and tailband, turn-ins with gilt fillets, marbled endpapers; "I.W." within gilt frame on front cover and gilt title on spine, raised bands; spine slightly wrinkled, but binding is firm and book is internally bright and clean. Housed in a marbled paper slipcase matching the endpapers, somewhat discolored and corners worn. Number 1577 of 1600 copies, in ink on the limitation page. [Dreyfus 61]. The first edition of Izaak Walton's (1593 - 1683) complete writings, this… Read More

UK: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Book. Illus. by Thomas Poulton & Charles Sigrist. VG+. Hardcover. Limited. Full leather with minor wear to the spine thus very good plus. Slipcase has modest wear rates very good. Limited edition # 672 of 1100 with 500 copies for sale in the US. Interestingly, despite the relatively large number of volumes printed, this is a hard book to fine. .

Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist.. 8vo. (6),x,631,(5) pp. plus 6 inserts. Full morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt spine title. Gilt "I.W." within oval frame on the upper board. Inner dentelles wit simple gilt lines, Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt in the rough, Six copperplate engravings and ten line block drawings. One of 1600 numbered copies, This is no. 667. This is a near fine copy, with only traces of wear. While most copies of this title exhibit a sunned and/or darkened spine, this copy is neither sunned nor darkened. Bookplate of Carlos Nestler on the front pastedown. In publisher's marbled paper slipcase which exhibits wear at the corner and edges. Nonesuch Bibliography,. 61.

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. limited edition to 1600 copies total of which this is numbered 1449. First edition. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes 8vo. With illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Full brown leather hardcover, in Very Good condition

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. . Limited edition, number 585 of 1100 copies; 8vo; 6 copper engraved portraits by Charles Sigrist, 10 coloured text illustrations of fish; orignal full brown morocco, gilt 'I.W.' within oval frame to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, covers slightly marked, to edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, overall a very good copy. 'Walton's writings have never before been collected under one cover. The Angler and the Lives have always been dressed up separately so as to make their appeal to entirely different classes of readers, and Walton's full achievement has never been allowed to appear.' (Geoffrey Keynes)This edition includes the Compleat Angler from the edition of 1668, with the variants of 1676 as an appendix. Keynes also supplies a Life of Walton and bibliographic notes.

1929. WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson, With Love & Truth & Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Full niger morocco, in publisher's marbled slipcase. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited to 1100 copies. Fine.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Number 1253 of 1600 copies. With illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full brown niger morocco, spine and adjoining portion of covers slightly darkened, else fine in original slipcase. Provenance: Ashley Montagu. Poulton, Thomas, & Sigrist, Charles. Number 1253 of 1600 copies. With illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautifully produced volume (the title page alone went through 27 revisions), and the first edition of Walton's complete writings. Dreyfus 61

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. Fine/Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Thomas Poulton; Charles Sigrist. A finely bound, limited edition copy of Izaak Walton's noted work 'The Compleat Angler'. The editor, Geoffrey Kenyes' copy, with his signature to the edition statement. The first edition, thus of this work. Limited edition, number 248 of 1600 copies. Signed by the editor, Geoffrey Keynes, to the edition statement. This copy has been printed by R and R Clark in Edinburgh, the copperplate engravings by A Alexander and Son in London. The drawings have been colour-stencilled by the Curwen Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial… Read More

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Pp. x+632, engraved frontispiece portrait and 5 plates (one lacking the tissue guard), l0 coloured text illustrations of fish, 2 seals of John Donne re-drawn by Poulton and printed in red, marbled endpapers, bibliographical notes, indices; full tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, author's initials within decorative oval frame in gilt at centre of upper board, a couple of tiny dents to lower board; top edges rough gilt, others uncut; bookplate of Edward Wheewall Holden on upper pastedown, the plates faintly offset; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1929. Edition limited to l,600 numbered copies. McKitterick 61.*Lacking the slipcase. Sir Edward Wheewall Holden (1885-1947) took his family carriage and saddlery business, Holden & Frost, into a partnership with General Motors to form Australia's first automobile manufacturer. Holden n was influential in the company's expansion… Read More