The Compleat Angler. or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the perusal of Anglers, with Instructions, How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by Charles Cotton; and with an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1403.
Small folio. 358 pp. Publisher's quarter white calf over blue paper boards, spine lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, covers printed in dark blue, top edge stained blue, black and white engraved frontispiece. Spine is lightly rubbed, else a fine copy. With original (sunned and slightly rubbed) slipcase.
Newman & Wiche, 187.
ID:
3891
$
225