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New York: Modern Library, 1998. 2nd ptg thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Cover by John Rathbone. 8942 shelf. Trade paperback, pictorial white covers. No spine creases. No names, clean text. Index. Illus. with antique prints. Attractive version of the classic on fishing. Intro: Howell Raines. Solid.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1948. First edition thus. Hardcover. 316 pages. Features an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Includes illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline. A very good in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some light wear and a small former owner signature. No dust jacket as issued and lacking the slipcase.

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press. hardcover. Book VG: toning to endpapers, mild corner wear, text clean, binding tight. Slipcase G: age toning/rubbing, edge and corner scuffing. Boyd Hanna. 8vo 219pp. Izaak Walton's classic treatise on angling, in the form of a dialogue and story between a fisherman, a hunter, and a falconer. With second part by Charles Cotton. #01861.

New York and London: The Heritage Press/The Nonesuch Press, 1936. Book. Illus. by Robert Ball. VG+. Hardcover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark green buckram illus. in gilt, spine panel lettering in gilt on orange field, beveled edges, red topstain. Minor shelf wear with a bit of rubbing to covers, area of relatively minor soiling along lower rear joint (dark reddish - candle wax?). Firm binding, clean interior beyond former owner's signature inked on upper front flyleaf, text block edges typically a bit tanned. Lacking slipcase. xii,242,[1] pp. Coigney 324; Horne 309; not in Oliver..

New York: The Heritage Club, 1938. Book. Illus. by Ball, Robert. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. BC05B Subtitled: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the perusal of Anglers, by Izaak Walton; With Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. Green cloth with darker green fishes and lettering. Bound tight and square . Free of writing or marks. Slight wear to spine tip and tail, corner.

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.

Hardcover. Good. Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company Publishers, 1920. Hardcover in pictorial boards, no dust jacket. viii, 167 pages plus 15 tipped-in colorplates. Edition unstated, but probably first thus. Illustrated by James Thorpe, small 4to. Green illustrated cloth over boards a bit rubbed with hinge starting, spine darkened, 15 tipped in color illustrations very good, inner hinges starting, owner bookplate on front paste-down, else good overall condition. No owner markings, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (front r.s)

NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1927. Hardcover. Hinges cracked, covers worn & soiled, clippings glued to endpapers, minor ink markings to text, good reading copy with all plates present and in lovely condition. From the library of Professor Jerry Stannard. Hardcover, 16 illustrations, 367pp.

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

HBDJ, VG+/VG, WITH SCUFF RUB TINY CHIPS TO DJ EXTREMITIES ,1962. 1st Edition , EARLY ISSUE REPRINT , SMALL LAVENDER RED with Copper gilt on Spine CvrHardcover, LARGER FORMAT. 215, 8 Pp ADS.. Illustrated dust jacket over pink cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Notable sunning to spine and sunning to interior. TINY EDGe CREASES & back of DJ says few 500 AUTHORS ,INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET BOTTRALL, NOT ILLUSTRATED, GOLD & WHITE EL ENDPAPERS , PINK B/W Illustrated Dustjacket BY BIRO of 2 Fishing FROM WATERS BANK & BASKET OF LARGE FISH, COMMENTS ON Ancient & Modern Practice of Fishing. TREASTISE ON ANGLING. ENSURES HIS LITERARY IMMORTALITY. IT INSTRUCTS AMUSES MEDIFIES, work begins with Londoners making a fishing trip up the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire, starting… Read More

London: Freemantle & Company, 1902. Hardcover. Collectible: Good. Full leather with five raised bands on the spine. #12 of 150. Interior is VG. Mild wear to the edges, this has been stored properly throughout its existence. Not musty or moldy. The gutters were cracked in both volumes: they have been properly preserved/restored professionally. The interior hinges have been reinforced with appropriately colored tape. Signed by Strang and Cameron. Board tips are slightly through on a few of the tips. Mild wear only. Not bowed. Gilt leather, VG interior. 11 lbs.

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:: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington,, 1888.. The Lea and Dove Edition; Royal Quarto Edition de Luxe; No. 160 of 250 copies, signed by editor R. B. Marston.. full green crushed levant morocco; t.e.g.. Contemporary reviews affixed to blank leaf at front of Vol. I; a few minor scuffs to bindings; both volumes tight and sound; contents fine.. Folio,. With fifty-four photogravures and about 100 woodcuts on India paper.. Edited and Arranged by R. B. Marston.