THE COMPLETE ANGLER: OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION OF IZAAK WALTON. Edited, with an Introduction by Edward Gilpin Johnson. Coigney 163. the First McClurg Edition. Large Paper State.
(1653) 1893 The First McClurg Edition - Coigney 163. Large Paper State. Large 8vo (165 x 247mm). Ppxxxiv,288. Frontispiece of Walton, all pages have a decorative light green border designed by Schmetdtgen. Full natural linen, spine and upper board titled in gilt, and decorated in green and gilt - four gilt fish converging on the same prey, among green weeds, top edge gilt. Edition limited to 500 copies, signed and numbered by A.C. McClurg.
A handsome and scarce edition of the Complete Angler.
A handsome and scarce edition of the Complete Angler.
£200.00
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Book Code
59232
| Author | Walton (Izaak). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 59232 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Cloth and end-papers slightly tanned but a very good copy, signed and numbered (#34) by McClurg. Front paste-down carries the Walton bookplate of collector Colin Pitt, as well as a tipped in printed note giving detais of the illustrator Schmedtgen. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1893 |
| Publisher | A.C. McClurg and Company. |
| Place | Chicago. |