Author: RACKHAM, Arthur; Walton, Izaak
Title: Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, the
Description: London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1931. I Envy No Body But Him, And Him Only, That Catches More Fish Than I Do" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co. [1931]. Limited to 775 numbered copies (this copy being No. 408), signed by the artist. Quarto (10 5/16 x 7 13/16 inches; 263 x 198 mm.). 223, [1] pp. Twelve color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and twenty-five drawings in black and white. Title printed in green and black. Original full vellum over boards. Front cover lettered in gilt within a gilt triple-rule border, spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt with three gilt rules at top and bottom of spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Pictorial endpapers in reddish brown and white. Small light stain at top of spine, light tape marks on free end-papers, otherwise a very good copy. "No fewer than six plates have landscape backgrounds, plates which should remind us of Rackham's very serious reputation as a landscape painter, with a fine vision of natural forms" (Gettings, Arthur Rackham, p. 159). Latimore & Haskell, pp. 66-67. Riall, p. 175. .
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Title: Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, the
Description: London: George G. Harrap & Co. 1931. I Envy No Body But Him, And Him Only, That Catches More Fish Than I Do" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co. [1931]. Limited to 775 numbered copies (this copy being No. 408), signed by the artist. Quarto (10 5/16 x 7 13/16 inches; 263 x 198 mm.). 223, [1] pp. Twelve color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and twenty-five drawings in black and white. Title printed in green and black. Original full vellum over boards. Front cover lettered in gilt within a gilt triple-rule border, spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt with three gilt rules at top and bottom of spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Pictorial endpapers in reddish brown and white. Small light stain at top of spine, light tape marks on free end-papers, otherwise a very good copy. "No fewer than six plates have landscape backgrounds, plates which should remind us of Rackham's very serious reputation as a landscape painter, with a fine vision of natural forms" (Gettings, Arthur Rackham, p. 159). Latimore & Haskell, pp. 66-67. Riall, p. 175. .
Keywords: Walton, Izaak Illustrated Books Children's Books Signed Limited Edition Angling Children's Books Illustrated Books Angling Seventeenth-Century Literature
Price: US$ 1100.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 03896
- Book number: 03896
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