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
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. Very Good / Very Good +. Item #29321
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. First Trade Edition. Large octavo. 224 pp. 12 full color plates with lettered tissue guards; black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in gilt; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt.
Dust jacket lightly chipped and creased along edges with one nick near bottom portion of spine; general rubbing and smudging. Boards bowed moderately bowed from center to fore-edge with light rubbing and bumping to edges. Binding sound. Toning to endpapers and interior else unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of a title often found in lesser condition.
[Riall p. 175; Latimore & Haskell pp. 66-67].
Price: $400.00