[COMPLETE ANGLER]. WALTON, Izaak (ca. 1593-1683). -- COTTON, Charles (1630-1687). A group of 4 titles, including:
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation… Edited by Harris Nicolas. London: Nattali and Bond, 1860. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Numerous engravings. Modern half red morocco gilt. SECOND NICOLAS EDITION. Coigney 78. -- The Complete Angler... Edited by John Major. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., n.d. [1881]. Thick 8vo. (Some marginal spotting or browning). Numerous plates and vignettes on india paper. Modern cloth and spine label, renewed endpapers. Second Lippincott Edition, LIMITED ISSUE, number 84 of 250 copies. This is a reissue of the Major edition of 1844. Coigney 113. -- The Complete Angler… Edited by Harris Nicolas. London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. Small 8vo. Numerous wood-engraved plates and vignettes (one plate sprung). Full modern morocco gilt, original cloth covers retained as central panels, top edge gilt. Fourth Nicolas edition. Coigney 134. -- The Compleat Angler… Edited by George A.B. Dewar. London: Freemantle & Co., 1902. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Numerous etchings by William Strang. Original green cloth gilt, rebacked in morocco gilt. Provenance: George George Sampson (bookplate). “Winchester Edition”, first or second Dewar edition (the reissue was published the same year with the same plates but “Freemantle & Co.” was replaced by “Lippincott” at the foot of both spines; this copy is rebacked which makes it impossible to tell which edition). Coigney 215-16.
Together, 4 works in 6 volumes, condition generally very good.