Izaak WALTON. The Compleat Angler. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham FIRST TRADE ED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALTON, Izaak. TITLE: The Compleat Angler. PUBLISHER: London: George C. Harrap & Co., 1931.
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The Compleat Angler + The Lives of Donne.... by Izaak WALTON, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
The first edition of Izzak Walton's (1593 – 1683) complete writings, this volume contains Walton's most famous work, the Compleat Angler from the edition of 1668 - with the variants ...
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The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by John Major
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an 1881 printing of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton’s famous treatise on fishing, The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation… Published by J.
Fabric, Paper
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by Harris Nicolas
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature. The Compleat Angler remains one of the most important environmental books in history.
Leather, Paper
Group of Seven Vintage Books on Fly Fishing Some Humorous!
Located in San Francisco, CA
., 1952 • Til Fish Do Us Part by Beatrice Cook published William Morrow & Co., 1949 • The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton published The Modern Library, circa 1950 • Fish Are Such...
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COTTON, Charles, The Wonders of The Peake, 1681, FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Cotton is also known for contributing a treatise on fly fishing for trout in the second edition of Izaak Walton's famous book, "The Compleat Angler".
Leather
1908 The Natural History of Selborne
By Gilbert White
Located in Bath, GB
He frequently contributed to the 'English Illustrated Magazine' and was commissioned by the Bodley Head for many book illustrations, including the Compleat Angler. A fantastic copy o...
Paper
"Live-Bait Fishing for Jack" by James Pollard
Located in Bristol, CT
The Dedication: The print features an inscription dedicated "to the Members of the Waltonian Society, by a Brother Angler".The Waltonian Society: This was an early, exclusive gentlem...
Lithograph
Wadham College, Oxford by Emery Walker after Edmund Hort New
Located in London, GB
He provided illustrations for the English Illustrated Magazine and was commissioned by Bodley Head publishers to illustrate critically acclaimed editions of books, such as Walton’s T...
Photogravure
Arthur Rackham's "The Compleat Angler, " Signed Limited Edition, circa 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Izzak Walton's "The Compleat Angler". Illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham, circa 1931.
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H 10.63 in W 7.75 in D 3.75 in
"The Compleat Angler" by Issak Walton & Charles Cotton, circa 1897
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, Cotton, Charles, The Compleat Angler. New York/London: John Lane, 1897.
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H 11.5 in W 9.63 in D 1.63 in
The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Illustrated and Signed by J. Thorpe, 1911
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Illustrated and Signed by James Thorpe, First Thorpe Edition, Edition de Luxe 99/250, 1911 Walton, Izaak.
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H 9.25 in W 7.38 in D 4 in
The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Two Volume Set, 1902
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, with Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler… Edited by George A.B. Dewar. London: Fremantle & Co., 1902.
Leather, Paper
VIntage Ib Andersen Lithograph for Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler"
By Ib Andersen
Located in San Carlos, CA
The print displays Ib Andersen's study of a fish with the final result ultimately grazing the cover of a 1940's Danish issue of Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler" (Den Fulkomne Fi...
Other
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H 10.38 in W 7.63 in D 3.63 in
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by Harris Nicolas
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature. The Compleat Angler remains one of the most important environmental books in history.
Leather, Paper
1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Compleat Angler.
Located in New York, NY
Walton & Cotton, The Compleat Angler. Bound in full green calf with a gilt-tooled border on the covers.
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1 Volume. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler. First Rackham Trade Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full green calf; covers bordered in gilt-tooling.
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1 Volume. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler. Edition de Luxe. Bound in full black morocco with the covers displaying gilt-tooled titular lettering and a depiction of a man going fish...
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H 5.05 in W 2 in L 5.05 in
'Book Sets' 1 Volume, Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton, The Compleat Angler
Located in New York, NY
Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler. Edited by Richard Le Gallienne. Profusely illustrated with frontispiece by Edmund H.
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'Fishing' 2 Volumes, Walton & Cotton, The Compleat Angler
Located in New York, NY
Izaak Walton & Joseph Cotton. The Compleat Angler. Bound in full green morocco by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers, marbled endpapers, profuse...
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H 15.01 in W 18 in
The Compleat Angler, also known as The fly fishermanâ??s work bench
By CATHERINE M WOOD
Located in London, GB
Halford’s best-selling Floating flies and how to dress them, published in 1886 and containing 90 hand-coloured engravings ‘of the most killing patterns’, and the whole is presided ov...
Oil, Canvas
1902 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated with ten plates to each volume, and signed by the publisher. The Arnheim Edition of Poe's works...
Paper
$1,900 / set
H 8.88 in W 6.38 in D 1 in
Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 11 vols. LARGE PAPER EDITION 1886
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. PUBLISHER: Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 1...
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$4,900 / set
H 8.25 in W 6 in D 1.25 in
The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens - 36 vols. - IN A FINE LEATHER BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens. PUBLISHER: NY: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1902. DESCRIPTION: 36 vols., 8-1/4" x 6", all illustrations after th...
Leather
$499Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.89 in W 4.73 in D 0.99 in
Antique Book, Bones and I, Whyte-Melville, English, Novel, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book, Bones & I by George Whyte-Melville. An English language, bound novel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. First published in 1868, Bones & I i...
Paper
$750
H 8.5 in W 5 in D 1 in
The Comic History of Rome Illustrated by John Leech Rebound by Bayntun of Bath
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully bound copy of "The Comic History of Rome" by Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett, published by Bradbury Evan & Co., London, n.d. rebound by Bayntun of Bath. The magnificent full ...
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[1896] The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
By William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Pr...
Paper
1834-1850 The Works of Thomas Arnold
By Thomas Arnold
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound nine volume collection of works by and about the Anglican educator and theologian Thomas Arnold, including first and early editions of his works. Uniformly bound...
Paper
$650
H 8.63 in W 6 in D 2 in
DICKENS, Charles, Dombey and Son, '1848, First Edition Bound from the Parts'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: DICKENS, Charles Title: Dombey and Son. Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated ...
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1722 Fables of Aesop and Others
By Samuel Croxall
Located in Bath, GB
The very scarce first edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop, illustrated throughout and in a handsome full calf binding. The very scarce first Croxall trans...
Paper
$2,650 / set
H 8.25 in W 1.5 in D 5.625 in
Antique 19th c. Books - Fine Leather Bindings - Set of Novels by Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Litchfield, CT
Charles Dickens. The Works, in 18 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. octavo 3/4 dark blue leather with marbled covers and end sheets, bound by Bayntun, Bath. Spine with rais...
Leather
Set of Old Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called « Life of Jean Wesley ». These beautiful books are perf...
Leather, Paper
History of the Discovery of America by Henry Trumbull, 1832
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Trumbull, Henry. History of the Discovery of America: Of the Landing of our Forefathers at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians in New-England, From Th...
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Aesop's Fables, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Located in Middletown, NY
Aesop's Fables; A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday,...
Gold Leaf
$600 / set
H 6.5 in W 4.75 in D 1 in
Set of 12 Frances Elliot Novels Published in Leipzig From 1872-1896
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 12 Frances Elliot novels published in Leipzig from 1872 to 1896. Quarter bound leather & faux tortoise hard board binding. Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz Leipzig from the Col...
Leather, Paper
1926 Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
By John Wilmot
Located in Bath, GB
A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere. Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation. In a beautiful c...
Paper
1906 The Novels of Jane Austen
Located in Bath, GB
The impressive and scarce complete ten volume Winchester Edition of the novels of Jane Austen, uniformly bound in the very scarce publisher's original cloth. The scarce Winchester E...
Paper
$2,619Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 86.03 in W 68.71 in D 13.39 in
Antique Victorian 19th Century Pine Fireplace Surround and Overmantel Mirror
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and attractive late 19th century Pine & Gesso fireplace surround complete with its original over mantel mirror. The triple bevelled mirror sits within separate frames featuri...
Pine
$1,499Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 6.7 in W 7.09 in D 3.35 in
Art Deco Rabbit, Hare Silver Plated Bronze Bookends, A.E.L, 1920s
By A.E.L.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very nice Art Deco rabbit, hare silver plated bronze bookends. Signed A.E.L. , stamped France and 28. Mounted Over Russian Onix. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art ...
Brass
Waverley Novels in 50 Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Boston, 1857
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Southampton, NY
Excellent and complete set of 50 Volumes of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857; The Household Edition. Finely bound in half leather with mar...
Leather, Paper
$35,553Sale Price|25% Off
H 64.97 in W 18.51 in D 35.44 in
Cold War 20x120 Naval Binoculars with Illumination Control, Japan 1984
By Kowa
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Naval Binoculars by Tokyo Optical Company with 20 x 120 magnification which were an official issue for the Japan Defence Agency, manufactured in October 1984, supplied via Yonei Shot...
Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
Mid 18th Century Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug, 1760
Located in New York, NY
Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug Made in Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III) Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild 29' 10" x 17' 11" (909.32 x 546.10 cm)
Wool
Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Jardinière
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side. In late ...
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug Featuring an Adamesque central medallion set against a warm caramel ground, the composition is elegantly anchored by swa...
Wool
$1,306Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 17.5 in
Horse Portrait of 1933 Grand National Winner &Jockey In Irish Landscape Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Kellsboro Jack" 1933 Grand National Winner by William Yeaman (Irish, 20th century) signed and dated 80' oil on board, framed framed: 15 x 17.5 inches board: 10 x 12 inches Inscribed...
Oil
Antique French Art Nouveau Period Glass Lamp by Daum Studio
By Daum
Located in London, GB
This exquisite Art Nouveau lamp is by the celebrated French glasswork studio Daum which was founded in 1878 in Nancy, France. The lamp is inscribed ‘DAUM, NANCY’. The lamp is of ...
Glass
Exceptional Italian Alligator Desk Set Pristine Condition
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Italian alligator desk set comprising a blotter, a letter rack, a letter tray, a desk pad, a pen stand, a desk clock with Roman numeral hours, a calendar stand, two magnifying gla...
Leather
$443,364
H 70.87 in W 125.99 in D 2.17 in
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Other
19th Century English Olivewood and Brass Inlaid Cabinet
By Town & Emanuel
Located in London, GB
A William IV cabinet attributed to Town and Emmanuel Constructed in a strongly grained olivewood and dressed with gold brass inlays and an etched and engraved brass panel; rising fr...
Marble, Brass
Hadrian's Villa Mosaic Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hadrian's Villa Mosaic Table 118-134 CE Roman Mosaic tabletop with later gilt wood base This extraordinary mosaic table from Hadrian's Villa stands as one of antiquity's most impo...
Stone, Marble
30:30 Landscape Architecture Book
Located in New York, NY
30 internationally renowned landscape architects showcase their own work as well as that of 30 of the best of a new generation of forward looking and innovative designers. This up-t...
Paper
English Cast Iron Umbrella / Cane Stand. Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English cast iron umbrella / cane stand with three section top, scrolled floral side mounts, four removable pans, and terminating on decorative cast egg and dart base.
$9,597Sale Price|30% Off
H 70.87 in W 52.76 in D 29.14 in
Vintage 1980s Playmatic Pinball Trailer, Folk Art Design, 134x74 cm
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Recreational machine model pinball trailer playmatic.
Iron
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