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The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T N Foulis, 1925. Book. Very Good. hardback. new edition. hardback, quarto, recently rebound in half green morocco and green cloth covered sides, original backstrip title laid down to upper board, spine lettered gilt, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, later endpapers, frontis portrait in colour and coloured plates by James Thorpe, wide margined, the text clean and free of markings, xvi + 221pp.
Synopsis
'The Compleat Angler' is the most famous book ever published in the literature of sport. It is also a work whose unique celebration of the English countryside has attracted readers around the world since it first appeared in 1653. Izaak Walton issued the final version of his beloved book in 1676. 'The Compleat Angler' is both a manual of instruction and a vision of society in harmony with nature. It guides the novice fisherman on how to catch and cook a variety of fish, on how to select and prepare the best bait and make artificial flies, and on the habits of freshwater fish. It promotes angling as a communal activity in which the bonds of friendship are forged through the shared experience of the natural world. Walton lived through turbulent times and found in nature the best salve for national tragedy and personal sorrow. -
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- Bookseller
- Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222080
- Title
- The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation
- Author
- Walton, Izaak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- new edition
- Publisher
- T N Foulis
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- angling fishing countryside rural
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