THE COMPLEAT ANGLER.
London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1931).
Fourth reprinting of the Le Gallienne Edition. [i-viii], ix-lxxxix, [4], [1-3], 454, [14]. Frontispiece portraits of Walton and Cotton. Illustrated by Edmund New. Edited by Richard le Gallienne. Bound by Riviere in half green morocco with green cloth sides, the spine replete with gilt titles and fishing devices, t.e.g., the endpapers of deep blue-green pictorial designs. Moderate spotting to text block edges, ink gift inscription, else fine. Item #24536
"The [first Le Galienne] edition is a reprint of the fifth edition of 1676... with a modernized spelling in a completely new setting." (Coigney 182); Horne 177.
Price: $500.00