Search Results: the compleat angler or the contemplative by walton izaak illustrated

London: Harrap. 1975. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Twelve colour plates and many in-text, black & white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by Henry Williamson. 224 pages. 'Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers'. Text follows that of the 1676 5th edition with modernized spelling. This Harrap edition was first published in 1931 and reissued in 1975. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

New York: Weathervane Books. 1975. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Twelve [12] colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 224 pages. . Reprint Edition. Hardback.

New York: Weathervane Books. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good dustjacket

Philadelphia: David McKay. Clean very good+ hard cover. No date (1931) but first. 12 full-colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus..

London: Folio Society, 2000. Illustrated with twelve full page color plates by Rackham. Bound in publisher's original full green cloth with title and decorations in gilt on the front and spine, t.e.g., and decorated end papers. Fine in a fine slip case.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode; NY: Scribner's, 1930. Decorated by Frank Adams. Folio; 124pages. Color illustrations. Original quarter-vellum and marbled boards, top page edges gilt, others untrimmed, publisher's slipcase is present but very worn and coming apart. Adams edition, 233/450, signed by the illustrator. Owner name and book #233 on 2 bookplates, 1 on the sliupcase and the other inside the front cover.

London Printed by T. Maxey , for Rich Marriot PUBL, Printed on Laid Paper, 1653 HARDBACK, NODustJacket ISSUED, 1st UK edition was 1653, This POSSIBLE 1st early edition , Known as the Griggs facsimile edition, published in 1882 by William Griggs, London. Griggs was photo-lithographer to the Queen. It is a photographic reproduction of a first edition, but many pages required additional touch-up work to make it presentable. , GOOD-/GOOD, AS-IS, NO JACKET, 1653 ON TITLE PAGE, Light rub, wear Fade Plain brown Calf LEATHER BINDING, pg. 114 reading VVhen not VVien) , 246 pgs. NOJACKET, Small cover creases, 3 3/4 X 6 in. Tiny tears spine cvr Edges, Fade Gold Gilt Spine cvr & wear to spine ends, PAGE 217 Anglers Song Bassus Printed upside down, 246 pgs, 13 chapters,a printing or binding error which has led to few sections of pgs need be reglued back into book they are separated OR not being bound in ORIGINALLY ?, The title is engraved within ornaments, while the subtitle and imprint are printed using… Read More

London: George C. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931. Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham's wonderfully illustrated rendition of The Compleat Angler. Quarto, original publisher's full vellum decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 in-text line cuts. One of seven hundred and seventy-five numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this is number 143. In fine condition. An exceptional example.