ISAAC WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON (38 risultati)

Condizione: 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. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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. Condizione: Very Good. The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Embellished with many Engravings from Paintings and Drawings, Walton, Isaac and Charles Cotton. Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1903. New Edition. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. A facsimile of the second edition published by John Major in 1824. 16mo up to 6½" tall. 416 pp. with a small spine label bound-in between final text page and free endpaper. Red cloth boards with paper title block to spine. Boards have general wear with a tiny worm hole midway along outside spine joint affecting inner hinge with a tiny loss of paper. Contents are in generally fine condition with browning to free endpapers front and back with some transfer to pastedowns. The Complete (Compleat) Angler was first published in 1653 and remains enduringly popular with 1,097 editions published between 1653 and 2019 in 9 languages.

Hardcover. Condizione: 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.

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

Half-Leather. Condizione: 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).

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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Wilton Priestner (illustratore). 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. Condizione: 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. Condizione: 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.

Hardcover. Condizione: 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. Condizione: 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.

3/4 Leather. Condizione: 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!

Hardcover. Reprint of 1848. Very good in rebacked 1/2 red leather and it's original, blind embossed, red cloth covered boards with five gilt rules on the spine with no text to identify the title. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with a Brooklyn (New York?) address written on the front paste down and an early prior owner's name and date (1849) written in pencil on both the first and second free end pages and a penciled quotation written at the top of the fly title page. There are a few inconsequential marginal dampness stains with the body of the text block. Pasted to the bottom of page 53 is a short newspaper notice of a 3 pound 7 oz. Long Island trout having been caught with a penciled date of March 20, 1851. Page 60 is missing the print for approximately 20% of the page a problem caused during the printing process which was not caught before binding. The contents are largely free of foxing and tanning. Part I is contained within pages 1 to 249 and is preceded by a lengthy bibliographic preface of lxxxiv (84) pages. Part II is contained in pages 31 to 210 which includes an index which is followed by six pages of ads from the publisher. Part II is preceded by a preface of xxix (29) pages. This is a reprint of the Wiley & Putnam first edition of 1847 with a new title page. (Wood, A Bibliography of The Complete Angler, p76).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 6 ½ inches x 9 in., not paginated. Blue paper over boards with drawings, front and back cover, in black. Printed title on cover and on spine. End-papers decorated with similar drawings depicting fish, fishing gear, and fishermen (most of whom are smoking pipes.) Similar drawings throughout the volume. Pages are unopened. No. 56 of an edition limited to 95 copies. Illustrated by Wilton Priestner.

'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.

Two volumes. 4to.; (14), ccxii, (4), 129; [131]-436, (3) pp. Illustrated, plates. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (3 inch split in cloth along rear joint of volume one, with short tear into spine). Still a solid, very good copy. Second Nicolas edition. With Peter Oliver's ownership signature on the front endpaper. Coigney 78.

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).

Hardcover. Sixth Edition with Additions. Very good+ in full medium brown diced calf with a professional reback of the spine upon which has been placed a gilt on red leather spine label and gilt tooling. The front and rear boards have contemporary diced leather within a gilt double border. The end sheets are contemporary marbled paper. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8 by 4 5/8 inches lacking the 1/2 title page as is typical with this title. The tips of both boards have been bumped with the leather worn through to the underlying material. Part I of the book contains The Life of Mr. Isaac Walton in lxxvi (76) pages followed by Walton's The Complete Angler containing 262 pages, a page of explanation and three plates of illustrations as well as two music plates facing pages 204 and 262. Part II of the book contains Some Account of the Life and Writings of Charles Cotton, Esq. xxxii (32) pages; followed by Part II of The Complete Angler of 111 pages after which is an index. Although titled "Sixth Edition" this is actually the seventh "Hawkins" edition. (Wood, A Bibliography of The Complete Angler, p.32; Thacher, p.540).

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].".

Leather bound. Condizione: Very good +. [NATURAL WORLD] [SPORT: FISHING]. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, W. Goldsmith, J. and J. Taylor, R. Faulder, Scatcherd and Whitaker, and E. Jefferey, 1792. Fifth Hawkins edition, with additions. 12mo; First part: lxxxii, 267, [1]pp + [3]plates; Second part: xxiv, 111pp +[10]pp index; polished marbled calf, gilt-stamped borders and ornaments, 5 band spine with gilt ruling and decorative ornaments, lettering gilt; gilt-stamped board edges; gilt ruling and stamped fish on inside board edges, marbled endpapers; Bound by Riviere & Son [1829-1939] stamped on bottom front inside board margin; all edges gilt; engraved frontispiece with tissue guard; copperplate engravings in text and 11 plates, incl, 2 fps; front hinge cracked but holding, a few foxed spots; very good plus. This is a beautifully bound copy of the two parts of The Complete Angler, the 1653 classic on nature and the art of fishing. This fifth edition includes the Advertisements for the Third, Fourth, and Fifth editions. Izaak Walton (1593-1683) first published The Compleat Angler [original spelling] in 1653, and continued to add to it for over 25 years. It is a work in praise of fishing and nature, including prose, verse, and song. His friend, Charles Cotton (1630-1687) added to it with instructions in fly fishing and fly tying.

Duodecimo. Illustrated. (illustratore). 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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 5th or later Edition. London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, 1808, Seventh Edition. First Bagster Edition with 17 engraved plates and 19 illustrations in the text. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall. Quarter leather binding with ¾ marbled boards, gilt titles, raised bands, gilt decoration, with engraved half-title, portrait frontispiece, and engraved plates by Philip Audinet. 'The Complete Angler' is Izaak Walton's best known work. It was edited and expanded by Walton for over a quarter of a century. The work is a celebration of fishing through prose and verse. The second part of this work is written by Walton's friend and fellow angler, Charles Cotton. This is the seventh edition of the work, and the first edition to be edited by Bagster. Bagster was the founder of the publishing firm 'Bagster and Sons'. He is noted for his polyglot bibles. With a frontispiece of Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton and Sir John Hawkins, engraved half-title and seventeen (17) engraved plates by Audinet, with 19 illustrations in the text. iv, 512pp. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles on maroon label, 5 raised bands, 6 compartments with gilt decoration. Joints good condition. Corners good condition. Boards good condition quarter leather and marbled boards. Page edges good condition all heavily tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain. End papers good condition plain. Title good condition previous owner s signature across the top, tanned with some foxing. Pages good condition engraved half title page, b/w portrait frontispiece of Walton, Cotton and Hawkins, b/w plates by Philip Audinet, tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1808 Binding: Hardback.

, 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. Condizione: 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).