Edited John Fitch (9 results)

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Fair. New Edition. Size 6.5" X 4", Pages Not Numbered. Brown Textured Cloth With Gilt Titles To The Spine. Condition Fair Covers Rubbed And Mildewed, Inner Hinges Cracked And Reinforced With Binders Tape, Ex Bradford Church Institute With Label And Stamp To Front End-Papers, No Other Stamps, No Foxing, A Few Lightl Handling Marks Else Very Clean. With Some Beautiful Full Page Botanical Steel Engravings By Adlard, Plus Many In Text Woodcut Illustrations By Fitch And Branston. Part Two Only, Going From H To Z. Fitch, Branston, Adlard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Tan paper covered boards with tan cloth spine. Bottom edges of boards show water staining at bottom edge with tanning/light soiling and a water stain on back cover. Edges of pages and endpapers are tanned. This edition is reprinted from John Major's edition of 1889 with wonderful tipped in wood engravings by Daglish. Daglish, E. Fitch (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter cloth printed in black with paper-covered boards, thick 4to., 367 pages, 16 mounted wood engravings of fish and birds on India paper, captioned tissue guards. A good, solid example of the trade edition, showing moderate soiling and wear, in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus 1993. Hard back binding in publisher's original quarter burgundy leather, brick red cloth effect sides, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, apricot lining papers, red silk book mark. Published in commemoration of the 400th birthday of Izaac Walton. This edition is based on the Thornton Butterworth edition of 1927 which featured woodcut illustrations by E. Fitch Daglish and the text of the John Major edited edition of 1889. Contains 367 pp with 16 full-page monochrome wood-cuts throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition slip case. E Fitch Daglish (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 85pp. Small abrasion on rear pastedown, moderate foxing on the cover with a small tear along the joint, very good, lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Contains the first book appearance of five poems by Louis Simpson (as Louis Marantz Simpson) [1923-2012], who eventually earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University and was awarded the Medal for Excellence from Columbia University; his first collection of poems was The Arrivistes: Poems, 19401949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 85pp. Spine and edges sunned, very good being poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned on the front fly, lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Contains the first book appearance of five poems by Louis Simpson (as Louis Marantz Simpson) [1923-2012], who eventually earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University and was awarded the Medal for Excellence from Columbia University; his first collection of poems was The Arrivistes: Poems, 19401949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The front endpaper reads: "For Peter from the author / with thanks & best wishes." A Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Clean and unmarked. 1st Edition. Copyright page reads, "First published 1987." SHIPPING - additional shipping charges may be required for this large volume. Email for quote. Robust shipping. Please note, tracked shipping is an additional cost which must be requested. Signed by Author(s). …

Condition: Fine. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original quarter burgundy leather, brick red cloth effect sides, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, apricot lining papers, red silk book mark. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Published in commemoration of the 400th birthday of Izaac Walton. This edition is based on the Thornton Butterworth edition of 1927 which featured woodcut illustrations by E. Fitch Daglish and the text of the John Major edited edition of 1889. Contains 367 pp with 16 full-page monochrome wood-cuts throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition slip case. Unused and unopened new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANGLING & SPORT FISHING.…

Beautiful edition of this foundational work of angling literature. Walton's work has influenced the sport for centuries. John Major's classic 1889 text is paired with 16 striking wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish for the first time in this 1927 edition. This is the De Luxe large paper edition, limited to 100 copies, each with an extra illustration signed by Daglish and tipped in at front pastedown. Ref. HORNE 284. Bound parchment-backed boards with brown and black zigzag patterned paper sides. Spine titled and ornamented in dark brown. Fore and bottom textblock edges untrimmed. Shallow bumps to extremities with mild rubs to fore corners. Very good to near fine overall, a lean and sound copy of this desirable edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto. [1-8], 9-367 pages First Daglish Edition, large paper "edition de luxe," #90 of 100 copies. Wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish, one signed by him (illustrator). …