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For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and satisfy. The Compleat Angler qualifies on both counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction is hinted at in the subtitle--"the Contemplative Man's Recreation." Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. --Jeff Silverman
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[[The first unabridged cast reading. Features original song compositions. [[The Compleat Angler has been in print for over 350 years. [[As fresh and relevant today as it was two and a half centuries ago. [[Considered to be 'must' reading for every new generation of fishermen and women.
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR, CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION. By Izaak Walton. The Third Black Facsimile. Coigney 440.
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1653) 1978 Third Black Facsimile Edition. 12mo (98 x 148mm). Ppxx,246. Woodcut illustrations. Full brown leather, spine not titled, blind-rules to stamped lines & no text. Edges speckled red. Very good in slightly used slipcase. "The best of the facsimiles of the first edition. reprinted from the copy in the Grenville Collection at the British Museum." (Coigney). A reprint of the First Black Facsimile, 1928 (Coigney 298). . Seller Inventory # 42490
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The compleat angler, or, the contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers.
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR, CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION. By Izaak Walton. The Third Black Facsimile. Coigney 440.
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1653) 1978 Third Black Facsimile Edition. 12mo (98 x 148mm). Ppxx,246. Woodcut illustrations. Full brown leather, spine not titled, blind-rules to stamped lines & no text. Edges speckled red. Flyfishers' Club bookplate and release label. Small scuff to spine but good-plus in slightly used slipcase. "The best of the facsimiles of the first edition. reprinted from the copy in the Grenville Collection at the British Museum." (Coigney). A reprint of the First Black Facsimile, 1928 (Coigney 298). . Seller Inventory # 42489
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER OR, CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION. By Izaak Walton. The Third Black Facsimile. Coigney 440.
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1653) 1978 Third Black Facsimile Edition. 12mo (98 x 148mm). Ppxx,246. Woodcut illustrations. Full brown leather, spine not titled, blind-rules to stamped lines & no text. Edges speckled red. Near fine copy in original glassine wrapper and slipcase. "The best of the facsimiles of the first edition. reprinted from the copy in the Grenville Collection at the British Museum." (Coigney). A reprint of the First Black Facsimile, 1928 (Coigney 298). . Seller Inventory # 7173
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1653) 1978 Third Black Facsimile Edition. 12mo (98 x 148mm). Ppxx,246. Woodcut illustrations. Full brown leather, spine not titled, blind-rules to stamped lines & no text. Edges speckled red. From the library of angling author Barrie Rickards, with a note to him from the librarian at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Near fine copy in slipcase. "The best of the facsimiles of the first edition. reprinted from the copy in the Grenville Collection at the British Museum." (Coigney). A reprint of the First Black Facsimile, 1928 (Coigney 298). . Seller Inventory # 59525
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