The First Walton
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation...
London: Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot, 1653. First edition. The First Walton. First edition of a.... Read More
Price: $62,500
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Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Hamilton Cole.
New York: Bangs & Co., 739 & 741 Broadway, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday April 7, 8 and 9th 1890. With Walton extra-illustrated to 6 folio volumes lot 570 which brought $280.00 and has description from p. 100-102 With newspaper clipping about sale lid in. Read More
Price: $175
The Compleat Angler; The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson; and Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Poulton, Thomas, & Sigrist, Charles. No. 1253 of 1600 copies. A beautifully produced volume (the title page alone went through 27 revisions), and the first edition of Walton's complete writings. Read More
Price: $600
The Compleat Angler; The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson; and Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Poulton, Thomas, & Sigrist, Charles. One of 1600 copies. A beautifully produced volume (the title page alone went through 27 revisions), and the first edition of Walton's complete writings. Read More
Price: $600
The Compleat Angler; The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson; and Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Poulton, Thomas, & Sigrist, Charles. No. 314 of 1600 copies. A beautifully produced volume (the title page alone went through 27 revisions), and the first edition of Walton's complete writings. Read More
Price: $500
Pickering ‘Angler’
The Complete Angler.
London: William Pickering, 1825. Diamond Classics. Pickering ‘Angler’. The first Pickering edition of Walton’s classic; printed in diamond type by Thomas White, Johnson's Court. One of the most desirable of Pickering's Diamond Classics. Read More
Price: $275
The Compleat Angler.
Philadelphia: David MaKay, [1931]. Rackham, Arthur. First American Rackham Edition, printed from English sheets. Read More
Price: $200
A Superb Copy of Rackham's "Angler"
The Compleat Angler.
London: George G. Harrap, [1931]. Rackham, Arthur. First Rackham edition, one of 775 numbered and signed by Rackham. A Superb Copy of Rackham's "Angler" Of all the Rackham books, one of the most delightful and sought after, and a gem for any Walton collector. Rackham was a key figure in... Read More
Price: $2,000
Thackeray's Copy
The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man’s Recreation...With the Lives of the Authors, and Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory...
London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington …, 1797. Seventh (titled Sixth) Hawkins edition. Thackeray's Copy. With small blindstamp cipher of the initials of William Makepeace Thackeray at head of title-page and with note on flyleaf “Fedk. Lawrence Temple Bought at W.M. Thackeray's sale by Walter Bookseller, Fleet Street March... Read More
Price: $750
![The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing ... To which are now prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. [Edited by John Hawkins.]. Izaac Walton, Charles Cotton.](/pictures/thumb/235646.jpg?v=1438724792)
Beautiful Contemporary Binding
The Complete Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing ... To which are...
London: Printed only for Thomas Hope, 1760. Ninth edition. First Hawkins edition. Beautiful Contemporary Binding. Edited by John Hawkins who also wrote the Life of Walton. The Life of Cotton is by W. Oldys. "This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year, and gave... Read More
Price: $1,750
Second Hawkins Edition, Distinguished Provenance
The Complete Angler ... To which is now prefixed The Lives of the Authors and Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory...
London: Printed for J. Rivington … T. Caslon … and R. Withy, 1766. Second Hawkins Edition. Second Hawkins Edition, Distinguished Provenance. Westwood & Satchell note that the engraver was subsequently hanged for forgery. WIth the morocco labels of Henry W. Poor (New York collector whose library was sold by the... Read More
Price: $1,250
The Complete Angler ... To which is now prefixed The Lives of the Authors and Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory...
London: Printed for J. Rivington ... T. Caslon ... and R. Withy, 1766. Second Hawkins edition (Title page of part II is dated 1760). Westwood & Satchell note that the engraver was subsequently hanged for forgery. Read More
Price: $750
The Compleat Angler.
London: Strahan & Co, [1881]. Edition de Luxe, 250 copies printed, 150 for America, 100 for England. No. 159 of the latter issue (Strahan Edition). Read More
Price: $1,500
The Bagster Facsimile, 1810
The Compleat Angler.
London: Printed for S. Bagster, in the Strand, 1810. Bagster's facsimile of the 1653 First edition. The Bagster Facsimile, 1810. A lovely copy of this fine Bagster ("so-called", according to Coigney) facsimile of the 1653 Walton - the first attempt to reproduce the charm of the original edition. Read More
Price: $900
The Compleat Angler.
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, 1808. First Bagster edition, with half-title and ads. Read More
Price: $800
![The Compleat Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton ... to which is added an Introductory Essay; The Linnean Arrrangement of the Various River Fish delineated in the Work [And:] The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson …. Izaac Walton.](/pictures/thumb/212956.jpg?v=1438724596)
The Compleat Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton ... to which is added an Introductory Essay; The Linnean Arrrangement...
London: John Major, 1824; 1825. Second Major edition of first title; First Major edition of second title. Read More
Price: $2,250
The Compleat Angler or Contemplative Man’s Recreation … Decorated by Frank Adams.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1930]. One of 250 copies for sale in the British Empire, signed by the artist. Read More
Price: $500
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish & Fishing.
London: Printed for R[ichard] Marriot, and are to be sold by Charles Harper, 1668. Fourth edition. Excellent copy of this Walton, first published in 1653. The first four editions - there were five in his lifetime - remained anonymous. Read More
Price: $10,000
The Compleat Angler ….
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, 1808. First Bagster edition. Read More
Price: $1,750
The Compleat Angler ….
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, 1808. First Bagster edition, Mercier and Co. Octavo edition. Read More
Price: $1,750
The Compleat Angler. Edited with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne.
London; New York: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.; Dodd, Mead, [1931]. Seventh Le Gallienne Edition. The Le Gallienne edition, with particularly pleasing illustrations and vignettes. Read More
Price: $150
The Complete Angler.
London: L.A. Lewis, 1839. First Lewis Edition. “The illustrations are those of the third Major edition of 1835, but it has only 76 woodcuts instead of 77…” — Coigney. Read More
Price: $600
The Complete Angler.
London: William Pickering, 1825. First Pickering edition, in the Diamond Classics series. The first Pickering edition of Walton's classic; printed in diamond type by Thomas White, Johnson's Court. The most desirable of Pickering's Diamond Classics. Read More
Price: $750
The Complete Angler ... with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Third Nicolas Edition. A compact, pleasing edition, with the illustrations of the first Nicolas edition (1836), here printed all on separate leaves. Read More
Price: $500
The Complete Angler of Izaac Walton and Charles Cotton.
Chiswick: Printed by C. and C. Whittingham ... Sold by Thomas Tegg, 1826. Second Tegg (14th Hawkins) edition. Read More
Price: $350
The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man's Recreation ... with Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
London: Pickering, 1836. First Nicolas Edition, Large Paper. One of the finest illustrated editions of Walton ever published. In its production, Pickering employed 27 of the most prominent artist, painters, and engravers of the day. Read More
Price: $2,000