Search results for: 'WALTON, Izaak'
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation.London : 1931
Signed limited edition, special issue, number 2 of 14 copies for presentation issued with an original signed pen-and-ink and watercolour sketch by Rackham, here depicting Izaak Walton being served a fish on a plate, and in a specially commissioned luxury binding decorated in gilt with tools designed by the artist. The signed edition was limited to 775... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 142427
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WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,London : 1653
First edition. "A first Walton confers distinction upon its owner" (Westwood & Satchell). There are various typesetting errors in the first edition, although corrected and uncorrected sheets seem to have been issued indiscriminately, with little significance to the priority of issue. In the present copy "contention" (a mistake for "contentment") is... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 80090
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WALTON, Izaak, & Charles Cotton. The Complete AnglerLondon : 1836
First of this edition, edited by the antiquary Sir Harris Nicolas (1799-1848); a lovely set of one of the most desirable editions of Walton and Cotton's piscatorial masterpiece.
"One of the best, possibly the very best, of these editions of The Compleat Angler was the superb edition edited by Sir Harris Nicolas for Pickering with engravings... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 105534
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler.London : 1931
Signed limited edition, number 717 of 775 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 131650
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler.London : 1931
Deluxe edition, limited to 775 copies; this copy out of series and bound in wrappers, perhaps for review purposes. Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 113229
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler.London : 1931
Deluxe edition, number 223 of 775 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 125668
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler.1931
Limited edition of 775 copies, signed by Rackham. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 47610
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Original watercolour From Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler.London, : 1931
An original illustration by Arthur Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931), showing Venator and Piscator. The illustration appears opposite page 122 in the published work, with the caption title "Come, now bait your hook again, and lay it into the water, for it rains again". Learn More£18,000.00Stock Code: 59413
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AUSTIN, Alexander Berry (ed.) An Angler's Anthology.London & New York : 1930
First edition, first impression, deluxe issue with an original etching numbered and signed by the artist, number 7 of 100 copies signed by both Austin and Wilkinson on the limitation page. Uncommon, especially in the original box.
Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) was a British artist and marine painter. Also an illustrator, poster artist, and wartime... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 140837
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DONNE, John. Poems. With Elegies on the Authors Death.London : 1633
First edition of the principal collection of Donne's poetical works, issued two years after his death, here in a contemporary calf binding. With the exception of a few rare small pieces "none of Donne's poems was printed in his lifetime" (Hayward), and this posthumous collection presents the first publication of some of the greatest love poems in the... Learn More£25,000.00Stock Code: 82696
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Complete deluxe limited editions set.1905–51
IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905
Quarto. Original vellum, titles to spine and front board gilt, pictorial image blocked in gilt to front cover, brown endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, cream ribbon ties. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 49 colour plates mounted on brown... Learn More£100,000.00Stock Code: 144251
