Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Moden Library, Random House, New York
Da: Richard Lemay, Fall River, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Could not locate a publication date. Hard Cover in Very Good condition. Clean, Strong binding and unmarked pages. No underlining or notes in the margins. Minor scuffing on the covers. No Dust Jacket. Previous owners name second page. CAREFULLY PACKED in a sturdy BOX. All USA orders ship with tracking number and email confirmation. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order or Paypal.
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Modern Library Edition, circa 1944 Translated and edited by Richard Le Gallienne. Published by Random House / The Modern Library (New York.) Modern Library #103.1. A beautifully preserved vintage hardcover from the iconic Modern Library series, this abridged edition presents selections from the diary of 17th-century English naval administrator Samuel Pepys. With wit, honesty, and vivid historical detail, Pepys recounts his life during the Restoration period, including the Great Fire of London and the Plague years. Condition: Near Fine. Clean red cloth boards with bright gilt spine lettering and Modern Library colophon. Solid binding; pages crisp and unmarked. Catalog list at rear ends with ML #127 (Twentieth Century American Poetry), dating this copy to ~194445. No dust jacket included. A handsome vintage copyideal for collectors of literary classics or Modern Library completists.
Editore: Boni and Liveright, New York, 1928
Da: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: MABA
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Fifth printing. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. xxix, 566 pages. Condition is Good; lettering dull on spine, water stains on front cover, previous owner's name on ffep and front pastedown, text is very clean and unmarked. STK.
Editore: Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926
Da: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: MABA
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Fourth printing. 4 1/2 x 7 inches. xxix, 566 pages. Condition is Good; lettering dull on spine, water stains at fore edge of front and rear endpaper, gift inscription on ffep, rear hinge is starting to crack but holding, text is very clean and unmarked. STK.
Editore: The Modern Library, New York, 1929
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Later printing, "condensed" stamped on spine in gilt. 16mo. 330pp., [4]pp. Toledano style 5.1 limp brown cloth stamped in gilt. Spine sunned, corners lightly bumped, else a very good copy.
Editore: Elkin Mathews & John Lane/ MacMillan & Co., London & New York, 1893
Da: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Ex library, rebacked; internally text is very good.
Editore: Boni and Liveright, New York, 1923
Da: Monkey House Books, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Includes the whole range of English poets arranged chronologically from King Cnut to Robert Graves, including Chaucer, Raleigh, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Robert Herrick, Milton, Blake, Wordsworth, Burns, Leigh Hunt, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and many more lesser-knowns. Handy volume. 2nd printing, January 1923. With an introduction by Le Gallienne. 566 pages, bookplate on fep., edges untrimmed. Some wear to covers, darkening in gutters. Hardcover, navy blue cloth boards.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1920
Da: J. R. Young, Birmingham, Regno Unito
EUR 17,81
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 19x13cm. No date, c1920; short & neat gift inscription dated June 2/23 on half-title. pp(2)LXXXIX(1),(4)454,(14) plus 12pp of publisher advertisements; with tissue-guarded photogravure frontispiece and numerous in-text & full-page line illustrations, appendix including Compleat Angler bibliography (up to 1902) and list of books referred to and illustrative of The Compleat Angler, extensive notes, and Anglers' Calendar. Original beige cloth; backstrip title, borders and modest decoration in green - as is front cover illustration and borders. Two minor nicks at head of backstrip, another at top of front hinge. Rear cover with tip of upper outer corner slightly bumped, and crease of length 3cm close to lower edge across lower inner corner. No dust jacket. Pastedown sides of flyleaves at both front and rear toned. Top- & fore-edges of text-block toned, lower edge lightly so; top edge also dust-marked. Binding holding firmly and of pleasing appearance, contents clean and tight. VERY GOOD copy.
Editore: The Modern Library, New York, 1921,, 1921
Da: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Regno Unito
EUR 5,35
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrellohardback, small 8vo, 330pp, pages slightly browned, text clean and sound, brown leatherette over card covers, gilt titles, corners rubbed; Good condition / no dustwrapper.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1925
Da: 2Wakefield, Wakefield, QC, Canada
EUR 22,44
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by Edmund H. New (illustratore). [no date, circa 1925]. lxxxix, 454, [14], 12 pages. 19 cm. Beige cloth with green lines and green design to front board. Green lettering to spine. Frontispiece with tissue guard (b/w portraits of authors). Illustrated with b/w drawings, some full page. Notes. "The Angler's Calendar" compiled by HI Regan (14 pages at end). Bookseller advertisements (12 pages). "The text of this edition is a reprint of the fifth." (Editorial Note). Front hinge cracked. Slight rubbing and fading to boards. Owner's name to front end-page. Manuscript notes to rear end-page. A number stamped on title-page. Else a crisp, fresh book.
EUR 41,57
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Edmund H. New (illustratore). A charming illustrated edition of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton's classic The Compleat Angler, edited by Richard Le Gallienne and adorned with illustrations by Edmund H. New. First published in 1653, Walton's enduring celebration of fishing, rural life, and quiet reflection has become one of the most reprinted works of English literature. This 1926 John Lane Bodley Head reprint faithfully follows Walton s fifth edition, the last revised by the author himself, and features Le Gallienne's comprehensive introduction outlining the book s history and Walton's life. The volume is enhanced by delicate line illustrations that capture the pastoral charm and meditative spirit of this iconic angling work. The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton. Edited by Richard Le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New. Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926. 3rd reprint of the 1897 edition. Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles. A very good green cloth hardback with printed titles to spine and decorative front cover. Housed in original printed dustjacket in good condition. The jacket with some staining and discoloration, some losses to extremities and rear strengthening at the head of spine. The jacket is now housed in protective, removable, clear plastic. Mild wear to cloth covers. Soundly bound. Text is very good throughout with occasional light usage marks. Top edge of text block is blue tinted. The book is very well illustrated and makes for an attractive read. Text in English. lxxxix + (3) + 454pp + (15) 'The Angler's Calendar compiled by H.I. Regan' + 12pp Publisher's advertisements. Approx Dimensions: 191mm high x 139mm wide x 52mm deep. Weight approximately 628g (unpacked).
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1894. Hardcover. "Edition De Luxe". 8vo - 5 x 8". 454 pp. Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Soiling and toning to the boards with fraying to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Tears to the fore-edge of some of the inside pages. The text appears unmarked. The front and rear hinge have been repaired with cloth-tape. The rest of the binding is shaken and splitting in areas. Otherwise it is still intact.
Editore: New York: Modern Library Edition. Spring, 1929., 1929
Da: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. BOOK: Beautiful Red Balloon cloth (1928-67); Pink Kent endpapers (1929-30); Spine #5; Gold leaping torchbearer on front and gold title and author's name on the spine; red topstain. DJ: 159 titles listed at back make this a Spring, 1929; 95 cents on front flap; long chips on spine edges, top and bottom. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF ABEBOOKS EXCELLENCE.
Editore: New York: Boni and Liveright/Modern Library. Fall, 1921, FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDTION, LEATHERETTE., 1921
Da: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. Book is covered in DARK GREEN LEATHERETTE; per statement at back, this was issued Fall, 1921; 102 Titles listed at back; Spine #2; gold Monk @ Desk on front; Brodzky Endpapers (1919-25); wear along side seam and bottom edge.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1897
Da: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
EUR 79,20
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Compleat Angler, Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton. Edited and with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne. Illustrated by Edmund H. New Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1897. First Gallienne edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; lxxxiv, (iv), 428, (xiv) Angler's Calendar, by Hi Regan, (iv) Advertisements. Frontispiece portrait of Walton, illustrated throughout with full page and vignette illustrations. Tan cloth boards with green text to front, spine and rear; rough cut edges. Stamped date and place and inked name to free endpaper, otherwise, contents are in fine, unmarked condition. Some sunning and rubbing to boards and edges; binding is tight and square. A very nice copy.
EUR 17,81
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello1st Bracken Books ed. "One of the best loved books in the English language, 'The Compleat Angler' has been printed in more than 160 editions since it was first published in 1653." Pp. 94/428/12 (Anglers' Calendar), 243 woodcut-style drawings and maps. Dark Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd; Dodd, Mead and Company, London & New York, 1938
Da: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, Regno Unito
EUR 47,51
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloBeige Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Edmund H New (illustratore). Fifth Reprint. lxxxix, 454pp, (14pp) The Anglers Calender compiled by H I Regan at back of book, attractive black & white illustrations by Edmund H New, light spotting to edges but pages appear clean internally, beige cloth, green border and illustration to front, green spine lettering, spine sunned, green paper dust jacket, chips to coners, loss to top and bottom of spine and a patch in the middle (see photo), Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches. Fishing.
Editore: John Lane: The Bodley Head January 1904, 1904
Da: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. The Crown Library, volume II, Edition de luxe; plain green buckram boards; spine faded with gilt titles, but with half inch tear from mid top towards front spine edge; owner name on blank facing page; good clean text in tight binding.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1931
Da: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, Regno Unito
EUR 290,97
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloZaehnsdorf Leather Binding. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Edmund H. New (illustratore). Reprint. 1931. Reprint of the 1897 edition, itself a reprint of the fifth edition (the last to receive Walton's own revision).lxxxix, 454pp. an unpaginated (14 page) Anglers' Calendar, many in-text and full-page illustrations by Edmund H. New and 2 portraits on the frontispiece. All edges gilt. This is a beautifully bound edition of Izaac Walton's classic work, first published in 1653, with Charles Cotton's instructions on how to angle for a trout or grayling that appeared as the second part in the 5th edition of 1676. The book is bound in a contemporary full-leather binding by Zaehnsdorf with gold titling and angling designs and five raised bands on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with very slight fading to the spine and some scuffing to the leather on the spine edges and bands. The contents are tight and very clean with no inscription. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the value of the book we will only send recorded delivery so we may ask for a little extra for shipping.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1904
Da: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
EUR 475,06
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Edmud H New (illustratore). London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904, Later Edition. Half cparse morocco leather binding by Riviere & Son with a beautiful gilt decorated spine a single raised band, gilt titles and gilt riverside illustration, gilt lined leather and green cloth covered boards, binder's stamp to the end paper, prize plate to the front paste down, illustrated throughout, page top edges gilt, others tanned. The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653 by the bookseller Richard Marriot, whose business was based in Fleet Street near where Walton had a shop. Walton was a friend of Marriot's father John, who had started the business, but was in retirement by the time the book appeared. There were a number of editions during the author's lifetime. There was a second edition in 1655, a third in 1661 (identical with that of 1664), a fourth in 1668, and a fifth in 1676. In this last edition, the thirteen chapters of the original had grown to twenty-one, and a second part was added by his friend and brother angler Charles Cotton, who took up Venator where Walton had left him and completed his instruction in fly fishing and the making of flies. Pagination: lxxxiv, 454, [14 (Calendar)]pp. Provenance: prize plate for GF Swann. Approximately 7 ¾ inches (19.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - very good condition - faded, gilt titles and angling decoration, single raised band. Joints - very good condition - gently rubbed and worn. Corners - good condition - gently bumped and worn. Boards - very good condition - coarse grained morocco and green cloth covered boards, gilt crest for Farnham Grammar School. Page edges - good condition - top edge gilt, others untrimmed and tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - very good condition - sound. Paste downs - good condition - green marbled paper. End papers - good condition - light green marbled paper, subsequently tanned. Title - good condition - illustration to the centre, lightly tanned. Pages - good condition - tissue guarded frontispiece 'Izaak Walton', numerous illustrations throughout, lightly tanned throughout. See photos.
Editore: London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, Ltd., 1928., 1928
Da: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 65,32
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Very Good. First edition, 8vo., pp.176, uncut, pictorial yellow paper-covered boards backed in yellow cloth, design and lettering in black, b/w pictorial title; foxing to edges and margins of boards, occasional foxing within, splash-mark to top-edges, slight splash-marking to spine, a very good copy.
Editore: John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1904
Da: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, Regno Unito
EUR 178,15
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. New, Edmund H. (illustratore). The Crown Library, Vol 11. 8vo. Pp lxxxix, 454. The Anglers' Calendar compiled by Hi Regan, Pp 12. Illustrations. Half morocco by Hatchards. Spine faded and boards a little marked. Foxing to prelims. A handsome copy.
Editore: George Harrap, London, 1931
Da: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Irlanda
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
EUR 411,03
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHard Back Tan Morocco Leather. Condizione: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustratore). First Edition Thus. A very scarce copy of this classic early tale of angling, first edition by Rackham with 12 fabulous colour plates & several text illustrations in B&W Tan coloured full morocco contemporary binding with gilt title & fish on the spine titles on the front board within blind decorated rulings,224 pp. with illustrated endpapers .
Editore: London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897
Da: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 771,97
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897, Later Edition, the First Le Gallienne Edition. Half leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with five raised bands, gilt titles and angling devices to the compartments, marbled paper covered boards, binder's stamp to the end paper, ownership blind stamp, illustrated throughout, page top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Profusely illustrated, with a vignette title-page, 53 full-page illustrations, and a large number of vignettes. "The text of this edition is a reprint from the fifth (the last to receive Walton's own revision), with which it has been carefully collated. The spelling has been modernized." The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653 by the bookseller Richard Marriot, whose business was based in Fleet Street near where Walton had a shop. Walton was a friend of Marriot's father John, who had started the business, but was in retirement by the time the book appeared. There were a number of editions during the author's lifetime. There was a second edition in 1655, a third in 1661 (identical with that of 1664), a fourth in 1668, and a fifth in 1676. In this last edition, the thirteen chapters of the original had grown to twenty-one, and a second part was added by his friend and brother angler Charles Cotton, who took up Venator where Walton had left him and completed his instruction in fly fishing and the making of flies. Pagination: lxxxiv, 428, [14 (Calendar)], [2 (Adverts)]pp. Provenance: blind stamped Marci J. Lowe, Coll. De Balliolo, Oxonia who had an extensive library. Approximately 9 ½ inches (24cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition faded, gilt titles and angling decoration, five raised bands. Joints very good condition gently rubbed and worn. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn, a couple of the corners are turning in. Boards very good condition green leather spine and quarters, marbled paper covered. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others untrimmed and tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound, strained to the gutter after the end paper. Paste downs good condition light green marbled paper. End papers good condition light green marbled paper, subsequently tanned. Title good condition illustration to the centre, lightly tanned. Pages good condition tissue guarded frontispiece 'Izaak Walton', numerous illustrations throughout, lightly tanned throughout. See photos.