The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation | (The Quatercentenary Edition
Walton, Izaac and Charles Cotton [Woodcut Illustrations by E. Fitch Daglish] Edited by John Major.
(Book #ID 119589)
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library, Bovey Tracey, Devon 1993. 1993.
First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original quarter burgundy leather, brick red cloth effect sides, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, apricot lining papers, red silk book mark. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Published in commemoration of the 400th birthday of Izaac Walton. This edition is based on the Thornton Butterworth edition of 1927 which featured woodcut illustrations by E. Fitch Daglish and the text of the John Major edited edition of 1889. Contains 367 pp with 16 full-page monochrome wood-cuts throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition slip case. Unused and unopened new book. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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