Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; John Major
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man&Apos;S Recreation and the Practical Fly Fisher
London , John C. Nimmo, 1889. Cloth. A richly illustrated copy of The Complete Angler and The Practical Fly-Fisher. This volume contains both parts of The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation along with The Practical Fly-Fisher more particularly for Grayling of Umber by John Jackson. The Complete Angler has six original etchings, two portraits and seventy-four wood engravings. The Practical Fly-Fisher has ten hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete. The Complete Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in both prose and verse. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with fading and marks to the spine and joint and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting and weakening, front free endpaper and frontispiece are loose. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Keywords: The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation The Practical Fly Fisher Izaak Walton Charles cotton The Practical Fly Fisher Not Stated