Saturday, May 3, 2014

1926 COMPLEAT ANGLER BY IZAAK WALTON & CHARLES COTTON - ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND H. NEW FULL LEATHER SIGNED-BINDING BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE

1926

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
BY IZAAK WALTON & CHARLES COTTON

EDITED BY RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND H. NEW

*** RARE EDITION ~ FULL LEATHER GILT TOOLED FINE SIGNED-BINDING BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE ~ CLASSIC FISHING, ANGLING, SPORT ~ FINE MINT BOOK ***

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.

• book measures 7.25" x 5"&
• hand-made full green morocco leather binding signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe on front turn-in
• spine in six compartments with gilt lily pads, tied fly, fish, lettering, borders and corner dot decorations
• front cover carries over border and corner decorations, adding large gilt vignette from the first edition title page and embossed cords at front hinge
• gilt stamped rule to all edges of boards, more gilt decoration to edge of spine ends
• textblock all edges gilt
• pictorial endpapers with gilt-ruled leather turn-ins
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• profusely illustrated throughout
• silk ribbon page-marker
• 454 pages + " The Anglers Calendar"
• full leather velvet-lined clamshell box (worn) also made and signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe









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