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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1898. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original copy rebound in burgundy library cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. No library marks or stamps. Slight shelf wear, endpapers a bit discolored, spine panel tanned to medium brown. lx,418 pp., illus. Possibly Third Crowell Edition (Coigney 161) or (more likely, based on height) the Sixth Crowell Edition (Coigney 189). Also Horne 159/184, Oliver 152/171..

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Published circa 1880. The boards show some edgewear with rubbing. An ex-library copy with the usual markings.

London: The Limited Editions Club. Limited edition, number 247 of 1500. Signed by illustrator. Leather over spine scuffed, most of gilt decoration worn off, paper covered boards faded, edgeworn with some small chips, page edges lightly tanned, some pages uncut. Exterior good-/interior very good+. Large book, 13" x 9". Expedited or international shipping will require extra charge. . Good+. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1948.

London: Allan Bell, 1836. New Edition. Hardcover. AS IS (boards are separated from the textblock and heavily worn and cracked; textblock is broken; textblock edges are darkened and foxed; pages are lightly cockled, with no sign of dampstaining). Dark green boards with embossed illustration, white mounted title card on the spine; 328 pp., 2 unnumbered leaves of plates; richly illustrated. A readable early copy of this important work.

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1912. Hardcover. edges bumped, otherwise very good .

Narvarre Society, 1925. Hardback. Very Good. The Navarre Society. London. 1925. Hardcover. Sunning to spine and slight sunning to front boards. The First Navarre Edition (Coigney 285). Large 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppxvi,445. Illustrated ""With eight original etchings by Damman and seventy-four wood engravings,"" title & half-title printed in red & black. Green cloth, spine titled & decorated in gilt, blind-stamped design on upper board. Spine faded, slight foxing but a good copy. ""This edition of The Complete Angler, edited by John Major, with eight etchings by Damman on Japon Vellum, is printed upon paper specially made for this edition and is strictly limited.""

The Navarre Society Limited, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 3.2995 in x 21.3198 in x 14.2132 in. Ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.

The Navarre Society Limited, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3.2995 in x 21.3198 in x 14.2132 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Some markings to book covers, one paint marking to front cover; otherwise in good condition. Clean text, sound binding.

London: Navarre Society, 1925. Harccover, dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gold. Top edge gilt. 445pp., Index. Illustrated with eight original etchings by Damman on japon vellum and seventy-four wood engravings. Edited by John Major. Former owner's book-plate inside front cover and some toning to endpapers, with one very minor nick to cloth at front guttet, else a clean well bound, attractive copy of this classic. Very good+.. Cloth. Very Good+. Illus. by Damman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ward, Lock, London, 1891. hardcover. Good. . Spine,cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Front and title page shows minor foxing. Pages are clean and intact.

Henry G. Bohn, 1856-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's brown boards. xix, [3], 496, [2] p., [26] leaves of plates : ill. (203 wood engravings), music, ports. ; 19 cm. Hardcover. Solid binding. Fray to spine edge. First Jesse edition: Horne, no. 70.

Chatto and Windus. Good. 1887. Hardcover. Binding, with interior reinforcement, is solid. Pages unmarked but a little aged. Ex-owner stamp (twice) and book identifiers on endpages. Sixty plates. Brown cloth cover with gilt titles and design -- some wear to edges, and spine cover is quite cuffed and a little wrinkly. .

D. Bogue, London, 1844. hardback, 8vo, lii,418pp, 12 tissue-guarded plates plus numerous woodcut illustrations,. Very Good. 1844. Hardcover. page edges browned; pale staining on portrait frontis and on some plate margins; occasional slight foxing, rebacked with new endpapers retaining original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt decs and titles, overall Very Good condition .

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark olive 1/2 morocco, marbled paper covered boards, edged in gilt, spine panel with two compartments lettered and four decorated in gilt, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, top text block edge in gilt. Leather is rubbed along joints and spine bands, toned on spine panel to medium brown, also some rubbing to corners. Firm binding, clean interior beyond former owner's signature and annotation in pencil on upper main title, small "John Wanamker" (where originally sold) stamp on upper verso of front flyleaf. xix,496,[2] pp. Coigney 79; Horne 78; Oliver 76..

London: Ward, Lock And Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Decorative Cloth. 294/215pp plus notes. Two volumes in one. Cloth binding shows minor wear and soiling. Small bookplate. ; 8vo .

London: Navarre Society, 1948. Illustrated. xiv, 445, [1, ad] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full red calf gilt, upper board with cartouche and double fillet border gilt, spine with contrasting lettering pieces, a.e.g., by Bayntun (Riviere). Textblock a bit toned, faintest rubbing at head. Very good plus. Illustrated. xiv, 445, [1, ad] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1875. Also on Title page: "Being a Discourse of Rivers Fish-ponds Fish and Fishing" by Izaak Walton and "Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream." by Charles Cotton. Sixty illustrations from designs. Brown cover with gold gilt titles and design to front cover and spine. Moderate sunning to spine, thin split line (sealed) down spine and a 5 x 2cm strip of surface cover missing. Wear to four corners. Light rubbed wear to some of the extremeties. Age browning and faint foxing to edges. Front guttering split revealing some mesh with clear glueing repair. Light to moderate foxing several pages. Binding tight. Last page with tiny open tear to head corner and tiny penciled note. 320p plus 36ps of List of Chatto & Windus Books.. First Edition. Hb. VG/None. Illus. by Stothard and Inshipp.

London 1896 John C. Nimmo. Fishing Classic, edited by John Major. Hardcover. Octavo, 445pp., small text illustrations, original green cloth with gilt lettering and three gilt fish on front. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Lyman Collins. Top edge gilt. VG, light wear. .

Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers ; London : W. Orr ; Dublin : W. Curry, 1833. Hardcover. Good. spine sunned, edge wear, a bit loose at the advertisment page but otherwise tight, various incidences of offsetting due to items being placed in the book by a later owner. First printing of the Rennie edition, no others noted. In the original publisher's plain cloth binding with paper spine label: "WALTON and COTTON ANGLER edited by Prof. RENNIE illustrated" Simple name only bookplate of Thomas Besant. The 4 plates called for present. Scarce in this state, the WorldCat locates 15 copies in the US. Four copies appear online for sale of this edition, none in the original binding. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1925. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Etchings by Damman. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt titles and decorations; 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 445 pages with a general index; Top edge gilt; Printed on paper specially made for this edition and is strictly limited. With 8 Original tissue-guarded Etchings by Damman on Japon Vellum and 74 wood engravings; The title page tissue-guarded frontispiece of Izaak Walton is after Huysman's portrait. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. This is a reprint of the Major Edition of 1844-.. First published in 1653, this literary and nature classic was created by a Londoner with a passion for rustic life. As satisfying a primer on fishing as any angler could wish, it celebrates the art and spirit of fishing with verse, song and folklore, moral reflections, and timeless wisdom. Cast in the form of a dialogue between the veteran… Read More