The complete angler; or, Contemplative man's recreation: being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing. In two parts...with The lives of the authors...by Sir John Hawkins de Walton, Isaac & Cotton, Charles - 1775

London: Ingram, Cooke and Co.. Good. 1853. Hardcover. Cloth spine with paper-covered boards. The boards are soiled & rubbed, the spine label is obviously hand-done. Contents are shaken. Worthy early reading copy. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 325 pages .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. Together with: Charles Cotton's, "How to Angle for a Trouit or Grayling in a Clear Stream". Illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline and an introduction by James Russell Lowell. From the Easton Press Library of Fly-fishing Classics. This classic work was first published in 1653. This copy is quite clean and crisp throughout. 316pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Red Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo.

Hanborough: Parrot Pieces, , 1988.. First edition.. [36 pp]. Light sunning to spine, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards (light taps to lower corners). Illustrations and lettering throughout by Wilton Priestner. One of 70 (of 95) numbered copies SIGNED by Priestner.

John Wiley, 1848. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Scarce in any condition. Boards detached but present. Backstrip missing. Foxing throughout. Still readable. Textblock sturdy.

The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton Embellished with many Engravings from Paintings and Drawings, Walton, Isaac and Charles Cotton. Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1903. New Edition. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. A facsimile of the second edition published by John Major in 1824. 16mo up to 6½" tall. 416 pp. with a small spine label bound-in between final text page and free endpaper. Red cloth boards with paper title block to spine. Boards have general wear with a tiny worm hole midway along outside spine joint affecting inner hinge with a tiny loss of paper. Contents are in generally fine condition with browning to free endpapers front and back with some transfer to pastedowns. The Complete (Compleat) Angler was first published in 1653 and remains enduringly popular with 1,097 editions published between 1653 and 2019 in 9 languages.

James Smith, 1822. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1822. 388 pages. Half bound leather with marbled paper covered boards. Front board is detached but still present. Book divided in two parts. First part written by Isaac Walton. Second part written by Charles Cotton. Advertisements to front. Presumed Ninth edition. Book has been rebound. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Severe cracking to rear hinge causing board to be loose. First few pages up to page VI are loose. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Paper remnants with glue markings to front endpaper and hinge. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Plates are moderately tanned and foxed. Occasional water staining. Faint black marks throughout. Text remains legible. Occasional chipping to edges. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Leather peeling heavily to all surfaces, with loss to corners and spine ends. Large split to rear joint. Visible scuffing and markings to boards. Glue marks to front.

(London: Printed for William Cole: n.d.) [It is believed that William Cole operated approx 1820 to 1830] An owner's name and date 1832 at head of title-page. Cl. lettered in gilt on spine (apparently a later binding) pp. xx, 314 (170 x 105 x about 26 mm thick). Embellished with Portraits of the Authors and Engravings of the River-fish described in the Work. An owner's name label on fixed front endpaper. Some light marking or stains to covers; internally near fine; overall very good copy

Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1853. New Ed.. pp.xiv, 326 with b/w. frontis., plates and illus. 8vo. Hardback. Signature, dated 1856, to verso of frontis. Cords a little stretched in places, with a few sections standing proud. Contents in vg. condition. Original decorated boards in vg. condition. Overall a good to vg. copy.

London William Cole C, 1828-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Missing spine cover brown boards privaleyly printed for william cole emblessed with portraits

John Lane. The Bodley Head. London. 1904. John Lane. 1904. Number II in "The Crown Library". Reprint of the original 1897 edition, Edited by Le Gallienne and Illustrated by Edmund New. Turquoise cloth boards, faded and worn to edges and sunned to spine, no DW. Head and tail of spine frayed. Endpapers foxed, pages browned, Neat gift inscription. Top edge of pages gilt. Generally clean and sound.