Complete Angler or the Contemplative Mans' Recreation. de Walton, Izaak; Johnson, Edward Gilpin - 1893

Chicago; A. C. McClurg and Company, 1893. [i.e. 1892]., 1893. Hard Cover. First Mclurg edition. Large paper copy, number 163 in a limited edition of 500 copies only. Frontispiece of Walton, and illustrated border scenes throughout. Bound in the original publisher's linen cloth blocked in dark green and gilt to upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. With the illustrated bookplate of "Arthur G. Rippey, Denver" to the front paste-down. Miniscule bump to bottom corner and cloth ever so slightly soiled else a neat, square, clean copy free from inscriptions or annotations. Walton's classic guide to meditative angling. With beautifully illustrated green borders displaying 16 different fishing scenes, designed and signed by Schmedgten. Coigney: 163. Oliver: 149.