The Compleat Angler; Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the perusal of Anglers (Contributor Charles Cotton--Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream; Publisher series: Collector's Library of Famous Editions.)

Walton, Izaak (Contributor Charles Cotton: Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream; Illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline.)

Published by Easton Press, Norwalk

About this Item

1976, Collector's Edition. (Leather binding) Very good plus. 316pp. Green leather with gilt decoration on the spine and front cover. Ribbon page marker, moire endpapers, all edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's descriptive insert laid in. A previous owner's name on the publisher's bookplate which is pasted to the half-title page, and a faint bump on the bottom corner of the back cover. Contributors include Charles Cotton (Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream). Illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline. Publisher series: Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Introduction by James Russell Lowell. (Outdoors).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Compleat Angler; Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the perusal of Anglers (Contributor Charles Cotton--Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream; Publisher series: Collector's Library of Famous Editions.)
• Publisher: Easton Press, Norwalk
• Binding: Hardcover
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