Author: WALTON, Izaak
Title: The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the Perusal of Anglers
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Beautifully designed and illustrated small folio (9" x 13") bound with a white vellum spine stamped in gilt and decorated boards. With instructions on "How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream" by Charles Cotton and with an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated with several ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE ETCHINGS and photogravures by Douglas Gorsline. Copy #1085 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Douglas Gorsline. Only minor darkening to the vellum spine which is usually found quite discolored. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with mild sunning and soiling .

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