A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 312pp + Publisher's advertisements. Published by George Rutland [1864]. First edition/Limited edition; Fifty copies printed on large paper. Maroon hardback cloth cover with black leather spine. Some areas of bubbling under the cloth on the front cover; sharp corners; bright gilt lettering on the spine; light soiling to front and back covers. Some pieces of head missing. Tight binding. No loose pages. Marbled pastedown and FEP. Pages are clean and white with no writing, stains or tears found. Gilt top edge to the text block. Overall in very good condition. The book is a compilation of content from past publications of "The Fisher's Garland" from 1820 to 1864. At the back of the book is a Memorial to Izaak Walton, best know as the author of "The Compleat Angler." "Dedicated to the Members of the Coquet-Dale Angling Club, with an earnest hope that the lines herein cast may perchance rise some stray Roxby or Doubleday of that honourable body, and induce an attempt to resume and continue the Newcastle Fishers' Garlands, so charmingly set forth by the spirits of a former generation." Additional photographs are available upon request. For shipping heavier items, or delivery outside the UK, please read our shipping terms for further details.…