[Rarebooks] FS: Walton's THE COMPLETE ANGLER with Original Etchings by Douglas Gorsline

[Charles Agvent]

WALTON, Izaak. THE COMPLETE ANGLER; OR, THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S 
RECREATION: BEING A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISHING FOR THE PERUSAL OF 
ANGLERS. New York: Limited Editions Club, 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 #1162 of 
1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly 
Letter laid in. Only minor darkening to the vellum spine which is 
usually found quite discolored. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. 
(#014994) $300.00

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