The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the Perusal of Anglers. With Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton [Limited Edition, Signed by Gorsline]

Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1948

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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948. First Thus; Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by Gorsline, this being #432. Quarto. 316 pp. Copper engravings and wash-drawings. Bound in half ivory calfskin over charcoal paper with gilt decorating to spine. Dark topstain. Publisher's prospectus and monthly newsletter laid in at front. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Spine toned and rubbed with moderate flaking; stray scuff to rear board. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase worn and sunned along edges with some general scuffing, and remains structurally sound.

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Title
The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the Perusal of Anglers. With Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton [Limited Edition, Signed by Gorsline]
Author
Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; James Russell Lowell [intro.]; Douglas W. Gorsline [illus.]
Publisher
The Limited Editions Club, New York
Publication year
1948
Condition
Very Good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Edition
1st Edition
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Illustrators, Limited Editions Club, Nature / Natural History, Signed, Sports & Games

Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

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