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WALTON, Isaak [1593-1683] & Charles COTTON [1630-1687].
The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing. In Two Parts: The First written by Mr. Izaak Walton, The Second by Charles Cotton, Esq; With The Lives Of The Authors, And Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions.
London: Printed for John, Francis, and Charles Rivington, 1784..
2 Parts in 1. 8vo. pp. lxxxii, 267, [1]; xxiii, 111, [1]blank, [10]index. 16 engraved plates (incl. portrait of Cotton by Ryland after Lely, 2 of music & 13 others most engraved by Ryland after S. Wale). 17 engravings of fish in text. 3 text woodcuts. several text woodcuts. woodcut ornaments. modern half morocco (light foxing to outer leaves). Fourth Hawkins Edition, with a new memoir of Cotton by Hawkins replacing that of Oldys. An account of fish taken by a gentleman in Wales from 1753 to 1764 is added to the Appendix, and also an 'Ecloga piscatoria, a Metastasio, ut dicitur'. Coigney 13 (incorrect plate count). Oliver 13. Slater p. 28 (calling for only 15 plates). Westwood & Satchell p. 223. cfStarkman & Read p. 110.
$1199 USD                          Book Number: elala2883                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Isaak [1593-1683] & Charles COTTON [1630-1687].
The Complete Angler...Edited By "Ephemera".
London & New York: Routledge, Warnes, And Routledge, 1859..
8vo. pp. xii, [13]-313, [7]. wood-engraved title, 5 plates (incl. frontis.), title vignette portrait & numerous text illus. An exceptional copy in original embossed cloth (former owner's bookplate, small light stain on rear cover, spine slightly sunned). Third Ephemera (Edward Fitzgibbon) Edition. Coigney 75. Oliver 72. Westwood & Satchell p. 233.
$150 USD                          Book Number: elala5021                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Isaak [1593-1683] & COTTON, Charles [1630-1687].
The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing. In Two Parts: The First Written By Mr. Izaak Walton, The Second By Charles Cotton, Esq. With The Lives Of The Authors: And Notes, Historical, Supplementary, And Explanatory, By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. And The Present Editor.
London: Printed For Samuel Bagster By R.Watts, 1815..
2 Parts with separate titles & continuous pagination. bound in 2 Volumes. 8vo.: text & plates completely inlaid throughout on large paper measuring 369 x 270 mm. pp. 514, [20]index. engraved cartouche of 1653 edition on half-title, 14 engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait of Walton by C.Hayter after Huysmans & a portrait of Cotton by J.Linnell after Lely, 2 of music & 10 others engraved by Audinet after S.Wale & G.Samuel), 17 engravings of fish, 2 maps of the River Lea & the River Dove, 2 autograph facsimiles, & 7 other text engravings by Audinet, plus six text engravings by G.Grieg after Linnell. several text woodcuts. extra-illustrated with 144 mainly 19th century plates, several hand-coloured. full gilt-paneled dark green morocco, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt (joints slightly rubbed, 2 corners worn, some scattered foxing). engraved bookplates of John Wilson & Frank S.Hatch. An imposing finely bound extra-illustrated inlaid on large paper copy of the Second Bagster Edition of one of the most beloved classics of angling literature. This edition incorporates lengthy additions made by the editor, Sir Henry Ellis, Librarian of the British Museum, and Bagster himself. The inserted plates in this copy include portraits, depictions of natural history subjects mainly birds and fish, images of fishing tackle, angling scenes, views, &c. Coigney 21. Oliver 19. Slater p. 28. Westwood & Satchell pp. 224-25.
$7500 USD                          Book Number: elala5100                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, I[saak] [1593-1683] & C[harles] COTTON [1630-1687].
The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being A Discourse On Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, And Fishing.With The Lives Of The Authors; And Notes, Historical, Critical, And Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins, Knt.
London: Printed By J.F.Dove, 1825..
24mo. pp. 420. engraved frontis. portrait, additional engraved title with portrait vignette, & 4 other engraved plates. contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt back, covers with gilt decorative borders, all edges gilt (extremities rubbed, mild dampmarks to frontis. & additional title, mouths of portraits inked, paper remnants on paste-downs). Coigney 29. Oliver 26. Westwood & Satchell p. 226.
$200 USD                          Book Number: elala2137                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Izaak [1593-1683] & Charles COTTON [1630-1687].
The Complete Angler.
Chiswick: Printed by C. and C.Whittingham, Sold by Thomas Tegg., 1826..
2 Volumes. 16mo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-lxxiv, [75]-291, [1]; 1 p.l., 264. 2 engraved frontis. portraits., 2 wood-engraved title vignettes & 30 wood-engravings in the text (21 of fish). contemporary calf (bit rubbed, lacking spine labels, some foxing to frontis.). armorial bookplates of Richard Campbell Barett. Second Tegg Edition. Coigny 33. Oliver 30. Westwood & Satchell p. 226.
$350 USD                          Book Number: elala2672                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Izaak [1593-1683] & Charles COTTON [1630-1687].
The Complete Angler.To Which Are Added An Introductory Essay; The Linnean Arrangement Of The Various River Fish Delineated In The Work; And Illustrative Notes.
London: John Major 1824..
8vo. pp. lviii, 416. 14 mounted engraved plates printed on India paper (incl. frontis.) & 77 woodcut text illus. contemporary half calf (head of spine chipped away, lower joints cracked, plates & surrounding leaves foxed). Second Major Edition, with an additional four page poem written by the publisher. Coigny 25. Oliver 23. Slater p. 28. Westwood & Satchell p. 225.
$359 USD                          Book Number: SLTeWALT18                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Izaak [1593-1683].
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation: being a Discourse of Fish & Fishing.
London, New York & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]..
large 8vo. pp. [xvi], [167]. 25 tipped-in colour plates after designs by James Thorpe. tissue guards with legends. original gilt-stamped cloth (stain to upper & lower edge of rear cover). First Trade Edition with Illustrations by James Thorpe.
$275 USD                          Book Number: elala3184                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Izaak [1593-1683].
The Compleat Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. In Two Parts. By the ingenious and celebrated Mr. Isaac Walton and Charles Cotton.By Moses Browne.Seventh Edition.
London: Printed and Sold by Henry Kent, 1759..
12mo. pp. xxiv, 340, [8]index. 10 engraved plates by H.Burgh (incl. frontis.), 1 page of music, 1 woodcut headpiece (fishing scene) & 15 woodcuts of fish. woodcut tailpiece & initial. contemporary calf, rebacked (some scattered foxing & soiling). Second Moses Browne Edition. It is 28 pages longer than the first Moses Browne edition of 1750; the notes have been enlarged, the preface has been rewritten, some of the poetry has been changed, four new plates have been added and the other six have been re-engraved. Coigney 8. Westwood & Satchell pp. 220-21. Blakey p. 332. Oliver 8. Slater p. 28. cfRobb p. 213. cfStarkman & Read 110.
$999 USD                          Book Number: elala1555                         Order / Enquire



WALTON, Izaak [1593-1683].
Waltoniana Inedited Remains In Verse And Prose Of Izaak Walton.With Notes And Preface By Richard Herne Shepherd.
London: Pickering And Co., [Printed by C.Whittingham, Chiswick Press], 1878..
8vo. [ff. 64]. with half-title. printer's device on title. ornamental borders & decorative initials. Uncut in modern quarter morocco. First Collected Edition. Westwood & Satchell pp. 193-94 [vide SHEPHERD].
$179 USD                          Book Number: SLTltWAL40                         Order / Enquire



WARNER, P[elham] F[rancis] [1873-1963] (Editor).
Imperial Cricket.
London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1912..
folio. pp. xxi, [2], 503, [1]. with half-title & initial blank. 6 photogravures (incl. frontis. portrait), 3 colour plates, & 80 b/w plates. index. original two-tone cloth, t.e.g. (2 spots on front cover). First Edition. Including chapters on cricket in England, Ireland, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt and the Sudan, West Africa, East Africa, India, Ceylon, Hong-Kong and Far East, British Malaya, Samoa and islands of the South Seas, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Canada (by F.F.Kelly), Bermuda, and the West Indies.
$400 USD                          Book Number: elala5706                         Order / Enquire



WATSON, Alfred E.T.
King Edward VII. As A Sportsman.
London.: Longmans, Green And Co., 1911..
8vo. pp. photogravure frontis., 10 colour plates, 12 Rembrandt-gravure plates, & 79 half-tone illus. original gilt-stamped cloth with gilt-stamped leather royal crest on upper cover, t.e.g. (extremities frayed, some scattered foxing). First Edition. Including numerous chapters on horse-racing, one on yachting by Sir Seymour Fortescue, and another on sporting in India in 1874-75.
$154 USD                          Book Number: STSngWAT51                         Order / Enquire



WEATHERBY, Charles & James.
The Racing Calendar For The Year 1851. Races To Come. volume the Seventy-Ninth.
London: Printed by Reynell and Weight., 1851..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-lix, 427, [1]errata. lacking half-title. contemporary calf (extremities worn, rear joint cracked & weak, front joint partly cracked, former owner's signature on upper cover). NCBEL III 1882. Podeschi A4 (p. 384). Huth p. 131.
$103 USD                          Book Number: SATeWEAT6                         Order / Enquire



[WHITCOMBE, Henry Fennel] (Editor).
Dogs: Their Points, Whims, Instincts, And Peculiarities. With A Retrospection Of Dog Shows...Edited By Henry Webb [Pseud.]...
London: Dean & Son, [1876]..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 347. 6 mounted plates & numerous wood-engraved text illus. (some full-page). blind, black & gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, recased (outer edge of frontis. chipped, marginal tear in another plate). Second Enlarged Edition (first: 1872) of what appears to be the first dog book to be illustrated with photographic images. Contributing authors include S. Taprell Holland, C.E.Holford, Frank Adcock, S.E.Shirley, and others, prize winners and experienced judges of Bedlington terriers, bloodhounds, bull dogs, bull terriers, and other breeds. The six mounted photos depict seventy-three champions and other prize dogs.
$350 USD                          Book Number: elala4575                         Order / Enquire



WHITE, Frederick.
The Spicklefisherman And Others.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1928..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 112, [1 leaf]. frontis. & 10 text illus. by Gordon Stevenson, A.B.Frost & Oliver Kemp. original bds. (extremities rubbed, spine darkened). Limited to 775 Copies. Siegel 19.
$256 USD                          Book Number: SITeWHIT49                         Order / Enquire



WHYTE-MELVILLE, G.J.
Sporting Songs And Verses.Illustrated By Lionel Edwards.
London: Constable And Company Ltd., 1926..
8vo. pp. vi, [1 leaf], 149. 8 tipped-in colour plates (incl. frontis.). contemporary half morocco, top edge gilt (some plates creased). Reprint of 1924 Edition. cfGee p. 111. cfPodeschi 338.
$154 USD                          Book Number: SYTorWHY78                         Order / Enquire


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