First Trade Edition, Bound by Bayntun Riviere RACKHAM, Arthur, [illustrator]. WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1931. Full Description:
Compleat Angler. or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1931.
. WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1931].
First trade edition. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 inches; 240 x 180 mm). 223, [1] pp. Twelve color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and twenty-five drawings in black and white.
Beautifully bound by the Bayntun Riviere in full dark green levant morocco. Covers ruled in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments. Five raised bands. Board edges and turn-ins gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Original pictorial back endpapers bound in at the rear. About fine.
HBS 69665.
$1,000.
Price: $1,000.00
Item #69665