[Rarebooks] FS: Attractive Edition of Walton's THE COMPLEAT ANGLER

[Charles Agvent]

WALTON, Izaak. THE COMPLEAT 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 #916 of 
1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Rubbing 
to the spine tips, as often the case, but with just a touch of the usual 
darkening to the vellum spine. Near Fine in Very Good sunned slipcase 
with minor splits. Uncommon with the spine not darkened. (#009476)    
     $235

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