walton isaac cotton charles (85 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 467 pages. " A New Illustrated Edition, with Notes" by G. Christpher Davies. Part of "the Chandos Classics." A call number on the spine and evidence of something removed from rear endpapers are the only library markings. Corners and edges of backstrip bumped and rubbed. Top edge of pages spotted. Front endpaper crackd at hinge. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Etat : Fair. 1822. 388 pages. Half bound leather with marbled paper covered boards. Front board is detached but still present. Book divided in two parts. First part written by Isaac Walton. Second part written by Charles Cotton. Advertisements to front. Presumed Ninth edition. Book has been rebound. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Severe cracking to rear hinge causing board to be loose. First few pages up to page VI are loose. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Paper remnants with glue markings to front endpaper and hinge. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Plates are moderately tanned and foxed. Occasional water staining. Faint black marks throughout. Text remains legible. Occasional chipping to edges. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Leather peeling heavily to all surfaces, with loss to corners and spine ends. Large split to rear joint. Visible scuffing and markings to boards. Glue marks to front.

Full Red Leather. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Collector's Edition. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Together with: Charles Cotton's, "How to Angle for a Trouit or Grayling in a Clear Stream". Illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline and an introduction by James Russell Lowell. From the Easton Press Library of Fly-fishing Classics. This classic work was first published in 1653. This copy is quite clean and crisp throughout. 316pp. Size: Super Royal Octavo.

First edition. [36 pp]. Light sunning to spine, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards (light taps to lower corners). Illustrations and lettering throughout by Wilton Priestner. One of 70 (of 95) numbered copies SIGNED by Priestner.

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. Etat : Acceptable. Scarce in any condition. Boards detached but present. Backstrip missing. Foxing throughout. Still readable. Textblock sturdy.

Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the life and times of a 17th-century Englishman, renowned for his mastery of the contemplative art of angling. Set against the backdrop of a changing England, the narrative intricately weaves biographical details with philosophical reflections on the virtues of a simple, nature-oriented life. Through anecdotes and observations, the author paints a vivid portrait of the angler as a man of quiet wisdom and humility, deeply connected to the natural world. The book explores the angler's relationships with prominent figures of his era, including theologians, poets, and intellectuals, highlighting the interplay between faith, reason, and the pursuit of leisure. More than just a treatise on fishing, this book delves into themes of contentment, morality, and the human connection to the environment. The author's prose, infused with gentle humor and insightful observations, transcends time, offering enduring lessons on finding peace and fulfillment in a world often characterized by complexity and chaos. Ultimately, this book invites readers to contemplate the deeper significance of angling, revealing its potential to cultivate not only patience and skill but also a profound appreciation for the beauty and interconnectedness of life. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

LACKS SPINE & FRONT BOARD, REAR BOARD DEATCHED BUT PRESENT, sm octavo, black buckram rear board, frontispiece, xx + 314pp, G- (boards & spine as earlier stated, rear board moderately chafed, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate patches of foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to title page- historic, occasional underlining & annotation to text- historic).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Limited Edition. Printed litho by The Didcot Press on mould-made paper in an edition of 95 copies of which 25 have been hand-coloured by the artist. This no. IX/XXV. Signed by the artist on limitation page. Octavo. Blue papered boards with illustrative decoration and black titles, fine, bookplate of Jeffery Norton.

Hardcover. Etat : 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.

314pp ills.[b/w incl.2x frontis.portraits] POOR (paper boards and spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,boards detached but present,30% loss to paper on spine,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.detached but present,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some sections unopened at upper edge).

Half-Leather. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. BOUND IN HALF BROWN LEATHER WITH BRIGHT MARBLED BOARDS, GILT DECORATED SPINE, RAISED BANDS AND GREEN LEATHER LABEL WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES, DATED 1792 FIFTH EDITION IS PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY RIVINGHTON, ROBINSON AND GOLDSMITH. ENGRAVED BOOKPLATES OF WILLIAM PATTERSON AND JOHN BEEI TO MARBLED ENDPAPER, TOGETHER WITH PUBLISHERS' ADVERT FOR FIRST EDITION OF THE BOOK AT £2.15s. IXXX11/378pp THE FIRST PART BY WALTON THE SECOND BY COTTON. TWENTY-ONE FULL PAGE ENGRAVED PLATES, PLUS NUMEROUS SMALL ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING FISH TYPES, SET IN TEXT. SLIGHT RUBBING TO CORNERS AND TOP/BOTTOM OF SPINE, OTHERWISE VG.

Half-Leather. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Third edition. Marbled paper-covered boards with half-leather binding. Five raised bands to spine. Title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light rubbing to spine and boards. Gilt on title is dulled. Very light browning to text throughout. Previous owners armorial bookplate (Frederic Markham Tindall) on front pastedown. 14 full page engraved plates. 303pp. (First Part 128pp. (Second Part).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. The Compleat Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. In Two Parts: I. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish, Fish, and Fishing. II. Instructions how to angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream. With Draughts of all the Fish; ornamented with a Number of Copper Plates. Notes by Moses Brown. With the Laws that concern Angling. And an appendix which shews the proper Rivers, Haunts, Baits and Seasons and Hours of biting: General Directions &c. for every Fish that is to be angled for. With short Rules relating to Tackle, Baits, several Ways of Angling, and Weather proper and improper for the Sport. xxiv, 340(8)pp. +9ff. 7th edition of Walton, 3rd of Cotton, 2nd of Browne. Published in 1759 by Henry Kent. "Instructions how to angle" hs its own title and frontispiece. The nine copper plates are signed by H. Burgh. Neatly rebacked in contemporary speckled calf boards. Some small cracks down the spine and superficial wear to hinges. Morocco title label and gilt titling is very clear and bright, as is the gilt decoration around the 5 raised bands. Some wear to the corners of the boards and the gilt that decorates the edges of the boards. Some marginal damage inn the form of a small tear at both the upper and lower right corners of the spine. Structurally a tight, strong volume. Red ownership monogram in upper right corner of title page. Some almost negligible worm damage from the frontispiece through to page 11, mostly a very small hole or slit that only slightly obscures just a word or two of the text. Like just a small needle hole to the frontispiece and full title page. All text and illustrations clear and in good condition. A very good, pleasing copy of a wonderful and seminal book. Seller Inventory #002672.

hardback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. hardback, the fourth and best edition, octavo, a later binding in quarter calf, preserving earlier leather boards and with renewed endpapers. Gilt title to spine. Armorial bookplate of a previous owner, likely Joseph Brocklebank, to the front pastedown, the body of text unmarked & the binding tight. This copy contains a trimmed and mounted frontis, and nine of fourteen plates, but additionally has some 200 carefully trimmed and titled copper engravings mounted on both sides of thirty-two leaves at the end of the volume. We believe these to be John Johnston's engravings from Historiae Naturalis, published first in 1657.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Two Volume Set in Brown Calf Over maroon coloured ribbed cloth boards with five raised bands to spine and with black moroccan title labels to the 2nd compartment to each spine,gilt ruled borders to each spine section.Both copies with exquisite red marbled endpapers.Graded Very Good.There are NO previous names or inscriptions present.Bindings remain firm with NO hinge weakness.This is the second Edition with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nichols.Illustrated with wood and steel engravings.There is some browning/spotting to the endpapers and pre-lims.Top edge of the books are gilted,other edges slightly foxed and spotted as you would expect.A handsome set for the collector.Heavy set weighing over 2.2 kg Volume One (ccxii)129pp Volume Two 234pp + Index Second Editions [1860].

Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Missing spine cover brown boards privaleyly printed for william cole emblessed with portraits.

Hard Cover. Etat : Good+. Some scuffing and edge wear on spine and boards, small stain on rear board near spine. Front inner hinge is starting to crack but binding is tight. An attractive book.

John Lane. 1904. Number II in "The Crown Library". Reprint of the original 1897 edition, Edited by Le Gallienne and Illustrated by Edmund New. Turquoise cloth boards, faded and worn to edges and sunned to spine, no DW. Head and tail of spine frayed. Endpapers foxed, pages browned, Neat gift inscription. Top edge of pages gilt. Generally clean and sound.

First edition thus. Oxford edition. Twenty illustrations. Bibliography. Fine copy. 340 pps. Gilt decorated hard cover. Dark blue cloth.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Wilton Priestner (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 30pp. Printed on mould-made paper in a limited edition of 95 copies. This is copy #91 and is signed on the colophon by the artist, Wilton Priestner. Blue paper covered boards with black lettering on face and spine and illustration on front cover. Illustrated and hand-lettered throughout, including front and rear paste down. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Half-Leather. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. No date but circa 1830. In red half-leather and marbled boards. Wear to corners and fading to leather on spine. 314 pages. Hinges are sound.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Early Edition.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Octavo, illustrated with inserted copperplate engravings, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco stamped in blind and gilt, red morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers and edges (internally very good, but covers detatched, rubbing, chips with small bits of loss to extremities, moderate dusting and soiling, else very good).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 2 vols in 1. 16mo. Pp lxxiv, 291. 264. Wood engravings to title pages. Frontis to vol 2 (but not vol 1) Engravings in the text. Publisher's cloth. a decent copy.

Brown hardback leather cover. Etat : Fair. Sixth Edition. Worn condition. Lacking front cover, front endpapers and spine - retaining rear board. Contents tightly bound. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, lxxvi, 263pp, xxxii, 111pp, [x]. 4 [of 5] plates and vignettes.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. London: Henry Kent, 1759. The second Moses Browne edition. Part I. title page as pictured, 12mo. Part II, as pictured, "The Third Edition", 1759. 340 pages plus an 8 page index. DISBOUND, COLLATED COMPLETE with original boards and remnants of leather. No spine. No former owner marks. Illustrated. Text is good with only occasional foxing and closed edge tears and corner wear. Engraved frontispieces and text illustrations of fish by H. Burgh. The second Moses Browne edition has an additional 28 pages. Notes are expanded, the preface has been rewritten, four new plates have been added and the other six have been re-engraved. "With the Laws that concern Angling And an Appendix which shews at one View.all that is Valuable, Instructing, or Curious that has appeared on the Subject." TEXT is COMPLETE (in signatures, with endpapers), will need to be resewn and rebound.

Half Leather. No Jacket. Seventh Edition. In two Parts The First Part Written by Mr Isaac Walton The Second By Charles Cotton With The Lives Of The Authors And Notes Historical Critical Supplementary and Explanatory By Sir John Hawkins The Seventh Edition A handsome copy bound in half tan leather with marbled paper sides The leather is a little rubbed and worn especially to the corners and spine although generally clean and in good condition All edges marble Previous owners book plate to the front paste down The text block is still tight The pages are generally very clean with the occasional spot of foxing especially towards the rear pp 512 Overall a very good copy of Izaak Waltons best known worksnbsp. book.

3/4 Leather. Etat : Very Good. Seventh Edition. THE COMPLETE ANGLER; OR, Contemplative Man's Recreation: BEING A DISCOURSE ON RIVERS, FISH-PONDS, FISH, AND FISHING. IN TWO PARTS: THE FIRST WRITTEN BY Mr. ISAAC WALTON; THE SECOND BY CHARLES COTTON, Esq. WITH THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS: AND NOTES HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, SUPPLEMENTARY AND EXPLANATORY; By SIR JOHN HAWKINS, KN., 3/4 leather and marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Beautiful binding and unfortunately both covers (present) are detached. The SIGNED binding was executed by "WORSFOLD", 3/4 crushed green morocco and marbled boards. Spine with 5 bands and 6 compartments. Compartments as follows: 1. Gold Stamped Fishing Creel, 2. Title stamped in gold, 3. Walton and Cotton, 4. Gold stamped fish and net, 5. Gold stamped Fly, 6. Gold Stamped Fishing Creel, with the date 1808 stamped in gold at the bottom. Note: There are also 4 gold-stamped fish in each compartment (one in each corner) except for the two compartments with the title and authors name. This book would be worth it to have the covers reattached as it really is a beautiful binding. Facing last page (512) is a typeset printed list of plates to the Seventh Edition of the Complete Angler pasted on the blank free endpaper. The contents are CLEAN, TIGHT, AND COMPLETE. 36 Plates with 43 Illustrations/engravings, Pages uncut, a few unopened, top page edges gilt (TEG).GOLD, THIS IS A BINDING WORTH SAVING!

Quarter Leather. Etat : Very Good. The Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a discourse on rivers, fishponds, fish, and fishing. With a biographical memoir of Isaac Walton and some account of the life and works of Charles Cotton. Some foxing to pplates and facing pages. leather on spine very scuffed and worn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.