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A fine copy of this 100th edition of Walton's work.
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1888
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GEORGE BANKART, PETER HENRY EMERSON
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1888
Two volumes, text by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, fifty-four photogravures, approx. 4½ x 7¼ in., twenty-seven by Emerson, the remainder by Bankart, frontispiece portrait reproductions of each author, edited by R. B. Marston, tissue guards with printed titles, numbered 21 of 250 copies signed by Marston, of the Lea & Dove Royal Quarto Edition De Luxe with Illustrations on India Paper, full green morocco, covers with central gilt monogram CWC, titled in gilt on spines, t.e.g., others uncut, ex-libris (Oldham Public Libraries) with small stamp on title versos and library catalogue number on spines, large 4to. (2)
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1888
Two volumes, text by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, fifty-four photogravures, approx. 4½ x 7¼ in., twenty-seven by Emerson, the remainder by Bankart, frontispiece portrait reproductions of each author, edited by R. B. Marston, tissue guards with printed titles, numbered 21 of 250 copies signed by Marston, of the Lea & Dove Royal Quarto Edition De Luxe with Illustrations on India Paper, full green morocco, covers with central gilt monogram CWC, titled in gilt on spines, t.e.g., others uncut, ex-libris (Oldham Public Libraries) with small stamp on title versos and library catalogue number on spines, large 4to. (2)