A NEW CHRONICLE OF THE COMPLEAT ANGLER.

New York and London: Paisley Press and Williams & Norgate, 1936. First edition. 8vo. (2), xv, (2), 301 pp. Illustrated, frontispiece portrait, title page facsimiles. The dedicatee’s copy, with Andrew Oliver’s ownership initials on the front endpaper, dated in the year of publication, and his check marks beside those items in his collection; Andrew was Peter Oliver’s brother “without whose encouragement [this work] would not have been begun, and without the use of your library, and your own assistance, would never have been finished.” Coigney, page 384: A bibliography of The Compleat Angler, “describes 284 editions … [giving] very interesting and useful commentaries on publishers, illustrators, printers." Original blue cloth, gilt title on spine (rubbed); front hinge broken, but a good solid copy. Item #45329

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