The Compleat Angler. Edited by Richard le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New.
by WALTON, Isaac and Charles COTTON
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- Hardcover
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Lane. The Bodley Head. London. 1904. John Lane. 1904. Number II in "The Crown Library". Reprint of the original 1897 edition, Edited by Le Gallienne and Illustrated by Edmund New. Turquoise cloth boards, faded and worn to edges and sunned to spine, no DW. Head and tail of spine frayed. Endpapers foxed, pages browned, Neat gift inscription. Top edge of pages gilt. Generally clean and sound.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96041
- Title
- The Compleat Angler. Edited by Richard le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New.
- Author
- WALTON, Isaac and Charles COTTON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- John Lane. The Bodley Head. Lond
- Keywords
- SPORTS and RECREATION fishing compleat angler
- Bookseller catalogs
- SPORTS and RECREATION;
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About Addyman Books
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
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- Sunned
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- New
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- Reprint
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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