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  Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated Compleat Angler

  WALTON, Izaak. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

  The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing no unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

  London: George C. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931.

  Deluxe signed limited edition of Arthur Rackham's wonderfully illustrated rendition of The Compleat Angler. Quarto, original publisher's full vellum decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 12 full-page color plates and 25 in-text line cuts. One of seven hundred and seventy-five numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham, this is number 143. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

  Price: $2,000.00     Item Number: 140933

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  “Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration": First Edition of Izaak Walton's The Complete Angler

  WALTON, Izaak and Charles Cotton.

  The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing.

  London: Printed only for Thomas Hope; sold by him and Sackville Parker, Richard Matthews, and Samuel Trimmer, 1760.

  First Hawkins edition of Walton's classic work. Octavo, original full speckled tan calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, black morocco spine label, engraved frontispiece, illustrated with fourteen engraved plates, seventeen in-text engravings of fish, and several engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a brown cloth clamshell with "Brooke Dolan 1940" stamped in gilt on front panel.

  Price: $1,200.00     Item Number: 146335

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