compleat angler contemplative mans recreation de walton isaac charles cotton (20 résultats)

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.

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.

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.

'Bagster's Second Edition, Being the Eighth of this Work: With Improvements and Additions'. 8vo., in a modern rebinding of grey paper-covered boards with paper title label to spine and new endpapers; [8] + pp11 - pp64 Life of Walton + [8] Epistle Dedicatory + pp81 - pp390 The Complete Angler Part I + [8] + pp401 - pp514 The Complete Angler Part II + 20pp Index. Engraved half-title, portrait frontis plates of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton plus 48 other engravings. Previous owner's small name plate to front pastedown, faint ink mark to Part I title page slightly offset to frontis plate. Edges a little dusty, area of damage to top edge with short closed tears in the top margins of pp415 through to pp507, very occasional light foxing and faint handling marks. A Good+ copy overall. (Shelf 4) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Brown hardback leather cover. Etat : Good. Fourth Edition. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Some foxing. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lxxxii, 268pp, xxxiv, 111pp, [x] + plates. 14 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes.

Etat : Good. Sixth Edition. G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Slight foxing. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). viii, lxxii, 262pp,xxxii, 111pp, [x] + plates. 5 b/w plates + vignettes. Hardback marbled boards with brown leather spine.

Brown hardback leather cover. Etat : Good. Second Hawkins Edition. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. 16 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Part II dated 1760.

Etat : Good. Seventh Edition. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Some foxing. 160mm x 90mm (6" x 4"). xxiv, 340pp, [viii] + plates. 10 b/w plates + numerous b/w vignettes. Inscribed by Moses Browne on frontis verso + numerous hand-written notes on fishing within. Green hardback cloth cover with grey slipcase.

Brown hardback leather cover. Etat : Good. First Hawkins Edition. G: in Good condition. Rebacked using original leather. Cover rubbed and marked. Some foxing. Slight corner damage to final four leaves. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp; xlviii, iv, ii iv, 128pp; + index. 15 b/w plates & numerous b/w vignettes. This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year, and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the two editors.' Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Browne's changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing.

8vo. lx, 383, (1) pp.; ad on verso of final leaf (without the other two leaves of ads). 15 plates. 19th-century green half-leather (front joint splitting from head of spine) and marbled boards (rubbed), leather spine labels (chipped). Some foxing to the plates, but a solid copy of an attractively illustrated edition. Smith edition. Coigney 22: "Often called the Gosden edition, as it was thought that it was published at the expense of Gosden, the sporting bookbinder; probably because most of the illustrations were published [by him].".

, in two parts, xxiv, 340 pages, [8], 10 engraved plates (including frontispiece), engravings in text throughout, initials friezes head and tail pieces, music (The Angler's Catch), inscriptions to endpapers compare this edition to previous ones (including notes with page references), inscription to lower pastedown "Algernon Percy", printed note and armorial bookplate to upper pastedown 'Edmund Ferrers' Seventh Edition , refurbished with original boards and label to spine, slight wear to boards, some marking and ghosting to occasional pages, tear to foredge page 263, good condition , full calf, raised bands to spine with blindstamped rules and gilt titles on label, gilt turn-ins, 12mo, 16.5 x 10 cms Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Etat : VG+. No Jacket. Printed & sold by Richard and Henry Causton, London, 1772. Parts 1 &2 complete. NOT exLib. VG+ cond. hardcover, no dj. Original brown calf leather bds w/ matching replacement backstrip, incl replacement burgundy title block w/ bright gilt lettering on spine, 5 raised bands. Light bumping & minor chipping to edges -- just adds to the look & the feel of this beautiful little book. Original endpapers, original textblock. Two P/O's signatures in old pen on first two blank pages, one dated 1809, the other dated May 28, 1773. Complete original textblock, pages supple & only very lightly toned. Ancient light dampshadowing to bottom edges of approx half the pages, does not reach text, & no associated damage. Illustrated in b&w, plus hand-tinted color plate. Professionally restored, a beautiful job. 363pp + 6pp index. Square, straight, tight, clean & generally unmarked. overall VG+ cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

The First Bagster Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout with a vignette half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 illustrations of fish within the text, full page engraved plates in black and white, 2 pages of engraved music, some additioinal wood cuts in the text. 8vo, bound in full antique mottled calf, the covers with triple gilt fillet rules and cornerpieces at the borders, the spine with raised bands, gilt ruled panels within the compartments are tooled with fishing motifs in gilt at the centers and elaborately decorated in gilt at the borders, lettered in gilt in two compartments, all edges gilt. vi, 512 pp. A very good and handsome copy with some mild rubbing to the extremities, the binding is strong, the text-block and illustrations are clean and well preserved. THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION. The Bagster printing of 1808 was the first to try an exact reprinting of the 1653 first edition. 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).

The First Bagster Edition. Vignette half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 illustrations of fish within the text, 15 full page engraved plates in black and white, 2 pages of engraved music, some additional wood cuts in the text. 8vo, bound in a Gosden binding of full contemporary speckled calf, the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders surrounding a fish in gilt at the center of the covers, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, compartments tooled in gilt, lettered in gilt in one compartment on a black morocco label, marbled endleaves. vi, 512 pp. A very good copy with some mild rubbing to the extremities, the binding is strong, the text-block and illustrations are clean and well preserved. THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION IN A GOSDEN BINDING. The Bagster printing of 1808 was the first to try an exact reprinting of the 1653 first edition. This copy in a Gosden binding of the period. 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).

THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION, RARE LARGE PAPER COPY, AND A UNIQUE, HEAVILY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY. Vignette half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, two plates of music, 17 illustrations of fish within the text, AND A TOTAL OF AN ADDITIONAL 84 PLATES IN ALL. A UNIQUE COPY, HEAVILY EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, MANY TINTED OR COLOURED BY HAND. Royal, thick 8vo, superbly bound by Bayntun of Bath, England in very fine full crushed dark green crushed morocco, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the bands gilt stopped, the compartments with full gilt panels incorporating fine tooling in a very pleasing pattern, the centers of the panels with fishing motifs in gilt, the covers elaborately decorated in gilt iin all over designs incorporating multi-ruled and multi-layered panels both gilt ruled and blind ruled and with fine gilt fishing motifs at the four extremities of each cover, board edges gilt ruled, turnovers with triple gilt fillet rules, marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. vi, 512 pp. A very handsome copy, the binding and text-block and plates all beautifully preserved, some mild rubbing to the corners, the binding is strong, the gilt work and presentation are all very pleasing, an especially fine example. VERY RARE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION. THE ADDITIONAL PLATES ARE OF SCENERY, FAUNA, FLORA,FISHES AND TINTED OR COLOURED BY HAND. The Bagster printing of 1808 was the first to try an exact reprinting of the 1653 first edition. 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).

The First Bagster Edition, a RARE, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED AND LARGE PAPER COPY. Vignette half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 17 illustrations of fish within the text, 17 additional full-page hand coloured plates of the fishes depicted,15 full page engraved plates in black and white, 2 pages of engraved music, some additioinal wood cuts in the text. A unique copy, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. Royal 8vo, bound in full contemporary calf, the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped and coloured, compartments richly tooled in blind, lettered in gilt in one compartment, marbled endleaves. vi, 512 pp. A very good copy with some mild rubbing to the extremities, the binding is strong, the text-block and illustrations are clean and well preserved. VERY RARE EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE FIRST BAGSTER EDITION. THE ADDITIONAL PLATES ARE OF FISHES AND ARE ALL HAND COLOURED. 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).

Brown hardback leather cover. Etat : Very Good. Second Hawkins Edition. VG: in very good condition. Rebound with new eps and reinforcements. Book-plate on paste-down with neat ownership signature. Repairs to gutter of front and rear eps; also to fore edge of rear eps. Prelimnary pages re-attached, with some browning and edge-tearing. Lower corner of title absent. Some discolouration to lower half of text block throughout. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). lvi, xxii, 303pp, xlviii, iv, iv, 128pp, [viii] + plates. Fourteen engraved plates and two engraved frontis plates; additional woodcuts within the text by Mr. Ryland. Part II dated 1760.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 5th or later Edition. SIXTH EDITION 1/4 leather 4 plates front cover detached. with music.

Full calf mottled binding with decorated spine panels with fishing motifs. 30 copper-plate cuts. lvi,xxii,303,xlviii,ii,iv,128pp. The second Hawkins edition. Fine and very Ssarce. Coigney 10.

Leather. Etat : Fair. Seventh Edition. Printed and sold by Henry Kent, London. The First Part 'Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing.' The Second Part being '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, and a great variety of useful and copious Notes by Moses Browne.' The Appendix concerns the Laws surrounding Angling. Leather boards rubbed and edgeworn, corners and spine ends bumped and chipped, front board detached from binding, 5 raised bands to spine, spine rubbed and worn with loss, ink inscription to front pastedown dated 1820, fep, frontispiece, title page, Preface and Postcript detached from binding, closed edges browned, in-text illustrations throughout, text clear to read, final pages dog-eared at head and browned along edges, feint notation marks to head of rear pastedown. Size: 16mo.