WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683). The Compleat Angler. [etc.]

WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683).  The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930. Folio (342 x 218mm). Half title, coloured portrait of the author, title printed in red and black, initials and illustrations by Frank Adams. Original vellum-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, original black cloth box (lid of box dust-soiled). Provenance: Mr [?]F. R. Pemberton (name inscribed on limitation labels on front pastedown and on the upper lid of the box). NUMBER 303 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 2 other books of related interest, namely Companion to Alfred Ronald’s Fly Fisher’s Entomology (London, [c. 1860], stitched vellum pockets, some containing flies, contemporary calf wallet, worn) and Francis Francis’s A Book of Angling (London, 1885, plates, many coloured, contemporary calf gilt). (3)