The Complete Angler.
by Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-; Light rubbing of extremeties with minor loss of color.
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Charles Tilt. Very Good-; Light rubbing of extremeties with minor loss of color.. 1837. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tilt's Miniature Classic Library; Miniature; 32mo ; Two volumes, burgundy color leather, spine blocked in gilt, boards ornately blind tooled, all edges gilt, green ribbons, 10.8 by 7cm, xi, 152, [3], 149p., frontispiece in each volume, publisher's ads. **With the American imprint of T. Wardle, Philadelphia. American Imprint 45195. This set is enhanced with having the contemporary American ownership inscription of Samuel(?) B. Fales, Philad. 1839. Coigney 48. **We also have another set, poor condition, but from the same bindery. Bruns page 484, listed without number. Henderson, Early American Sport, 2nd ed., page 185. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- HJHurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19
- Title
- The Complete Angler.
- Author
- Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-; Light rubbing of extremeties with minor loss of color.
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Tilt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Miniature Book, Small Book, Angling, Provenance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Angling;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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