Complete Angler Contemplative Mans Recreation by Isaac Walton Charles Cotton, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Spine ends complete but very worn, two closed cracks in cloth; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Publisher's blind embossed slate colored cloth, [6], cxi, [1], 249, 210p., some illustrations, ads. **Coigney #62: "With the exception of the new imprint and the date at the foot of the title-page, this is a reissue of the first Bethune edition of 1847." Fair of rear hinge totaling under three inches, internally clean with all blanks. First American Edition; Second Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green library binding with bright gilt lettering, rubbing to spine ends and board tips, typical library artifacts, b&w frontis of Isaac Walton, illustration, advertisement to the American Edition (1), illustration. biographical preface by the American Editor with Notices of Fishing and Books on Fishing Before Walton (cxi); Part I b&w frontis under tissue, 249 pp. with vignette engravings of fish, ; Part 2 frontis under tissue of Charles Cotton, Some Account of the Life and Writings of Charles Cotton (xxix), 114 pp., Appendix containing poems and music celebrating fishing, trout fishing journal extracts and a large bibliography of books on fish, fishing, Walton and Cotton (91 pp.) plus index and 4 pp. advertizement for books published by Wiley and Putnam.

first U.S. edition, two parts bound as one, original binding, small octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board and spine, blind rule to boards and spine, frontispiece, cxi + 249pp (part one) + 249pp (part two), illus, VG (fading and rubbing to boards esp. spine, wear to extremities esp. corners and head and tail of spine, small hole to upper spine, small closed tear to head and tail of spine, light tanning, occasional foxing), lacks d/w.

The First Washbourne Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout with 76 decorations within the text, vignettes, head-pieces and tail-pieces, and with 15 full page engraved plates in black and white of scenes and fishing and of music. 8vo, bound in three-quarter green morocco over cloth covered boards, the spine with raised bands, gilt ruled panels within the compartments are tooled with fishing motifs in gilt at the centers, lettered in gilt in two compartments, top edge gilt. [xxvi], lxxii, 396 pp. A fine and handsome copy, the binding is strong, the text-block and illustrations are clean and well preserved, light mellowing to the green of the spine panel as is typical with the colour. THE FIRST WASHBOURNE EDITION. With an excellent Life of the Author. A beloved classic of the English language and what many call the finest "How-To" book ever written; Walton's ANGLER has been described as "full of wisdom, kindly humour, and charity; it is one of the most delightful and care-dispelling books in the language." "More than most authors he lives in his writings, which are the pure expression of a kind, humorous and pious soul in love with nature, while the expression itself is unique for apparent simplicity which is really elaborately studied art" (DNB).

Duodecimo. Illustrated. (illustrator). First American editon. Green gilt-stamped pictorial cloth with gilt fish on spine. Hardcover. With a biographical preface by the American editor. With an appendix catalogue of fishing books. Fair to good. Possibly lacking a frontispiece portrait of Cotton in part two. Text block is loose. Some wear, soil/ and scuffing. Former owner's name in pencil.

London: Printed for Samuel Bagster (Printed by Mercier & Co.), 1808. First Bagster edition. 8vo. (4), vi, [7]-61, [lxii]-lxvi, 67-344, [347]-499, [500-501], 502-512, (2, Bagster ad leaf) pp. 32 engravings, including 17 copper engravings of fish, portraits, plates. Coigney 17. Somewhat later green cloth-backed drab boards (spine ends a little worn, corners and edges bumped), gilt spine title. Very good copy.

First Bagster edition. Octavo (8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm.). [iv], vi, vii-512, pp. Hand-colored frontispiece and nineteen engraved plates and two sheets of music. Ten of the plates are engraved by Audinet, eight after Wale, two after Samuel; two music plate; two plates of fishing tackle and flies. There are seventeen fine engravings of fish and two large woodcuts in the text. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of fifty-five engraved plates of which ten are hand-colored. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun, stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on front turn-in. Full green crushed levant morocco over beveled boards, covers with elaborate gilt frames, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt decorated board edges, wide gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Front doublure of brown morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Set into the front doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Isaac Walton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Set into the rear doublure is a fine oval miniature painting of Charles Cotton under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. Both miniatures measure 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches; 82 x 63 mm. Green watered silk end-leaves. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down, spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a fine example housed in its original felt-lined green cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. Walton's famous pastoral work on fishing, The Compleat Angler, is combined here with additions by Robert Venables and Charles Cotton on the art of fly fishing in particular. Walton, the son of innkeepers, moved to London to become an ironmonger but would spend the last forty years of his life collecting information and writing on fishing. The book was first published in 1653 but re-released in numerous editions both due to its popularity and Walton's propensity to revise and contribute more chapters to it. It has stayed in print since it was first published and is noted for its well observed descriptions of English country life. "The Compleat Angler has something in common with 'Lady Chatterley's Lover:' while many know the title, few have actually read it. Yet it's the most frequently reprinted book in the English language after the Bible" (The Guardian). George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery (1894) dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" (Princeton). Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this techniqueeach developing their own desirable take on the aestheticreferred to as "Cosway style." Coigney, 18.