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Compleat Angler
by Walton, Izaak; Geoffrey Keynes (editor)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Full natural morocco, tooled in gold, with marbled endpapers, and top edge gilt on the rough. 631 pages; with text set in Monotype Poliphilus and printed on Pannekoek mould-made paper. Illustrations include six copper engraved portraits by Charles Sigrist, and ten drawings of fish and a lead weight by Thomas Poulton printed from line blocks, stencil-tinted at the Curwen Press. Limited to 1600 copies. The first collection of Walton's writings published under one cover. A near fine copy in the lightly worn original marbled boards slipcase. Size: Octavo. Limited.. Leather. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004195
- Title
- Compleat Angler
- Author
- Walton, Izaak; Geoffrey Keynes (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited.
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomsbury
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- FLY-FISHING; NONESUCH PRESS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books; Fly-fishing Classics;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...