Books by Walton Isaac

London: : Privately printed for the Navarre Society, , 1925. . Octavo,. A good copy. Edgewear. Some light soiling to the half-title. Lacks front free-endpaper. . Illustrated. Eight original etchings by Damman and seventy-four wood engravings. . decorated green cloth, gilt. Edited by John Major. A nice edition. ... more information

London:: Nattali and Bond,, 1860.. Two volumes. 4to.; (14), ccxii, (4), 129; [131]-436, (3) pp. Illustrated, plates. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (3 inch split in cloth along rear joint of volume one, with short tear into spine). Still a solid, very good copy. Second Nicolas edition. With Peter Oliver's ownership signature on the front endpaper. Coigney 78. ... more information

London John, Francis, and Charles Rivington 1784 Fourth edition fair 8vo. lxxxii, 268 (8) pp. in section one, xxxiv, 112 (10) pp. in section two. Brown calf binding with gilt border. Spine with six compartments and original title label. With b&w illustrations. Top and bottom compartments crudely rebacked with more recent strips of leather, with a strip of tape to one compartment, as well. Original spine crudely reattached.. Corners bumped. Some edge wear. Light foxing throughout, not affecting text or imag... more information

NY and London:: Wiley & Putnam,, 1847.. First Bethune edition: "The first Angler edited, published, and printed in America." 8vo. cxi, (1), 249; 210, (6) pp. Illustrated. Coigney 61. Westwood/Satchell, p. 231. Recent black cloth, leather spine label, new white endpapers. Very good, solid copy. ... more information

London: Printed for S. Bagster. 1810. Small quarto. [18], 246, [2] pp. 16 cm. With a facsimile engraving of the original title page from the first edition, and two pages of advertisements at the back. Inscribed on the front free endpaper, with an owner's signature in neat ink on the dedication page, and bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown (H. Guy--,High Street, Chelmsford). In the original printed paper boards, untrimmed, and housed in a professionally made cloth slipcase with an inner cloth ... more information

London: Samuel Bagster. hardcover. very good. In two parts...with the lives of the authors and notes by Sir John Hawkins. Engraved frontispiece portrait, numerous engraved illustrations and plates throughout, 512pp., 8vo, full polished calf, gilt-decorated spine , brown spine label, raised bands; (front hinge repaired) gold crest on front cover. London: Samuel Bagster, 1808. The seventh edition, with improvements and editions. With the bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. ... more information

New York: : Wiley & Putnam, , 1847.. First American edition.. Octavo,. Very good. Faded. Some minor foxing.. Illustrated. Portrait frontispiece and four plates plus nineteen illustrations in the text.. decorated green cloth, gilt. Includes the Waltonian Library, an interesting bibliography. The First American Walton! ... more information

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Limited. hardcover. very good. With instructions on "How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream" by Charles Cotton and with an introduction by James Russell Lowell. Illustrated with several original full page etchings and photogravures by Douglas Gorsline. Tall 4to, white leather spine (darkened and extremities rubbed), decorative blue boards, no slipcase. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Very good. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by th... more information