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WALTON, Izaak

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR, THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION: BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING FOR THE PERUSAL OF ANGLERS

Limited Editions Club New York 1948 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 #380 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Typical mottling to the vellum spine with rubbing to the spine tips and a small scrape at the center. Very Good, lacking the slipcase.

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