Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

2 works in 2 volumes, small 8vo. 14 and 11 engraved plates. (Spotting and toning, chiefly to frontispieces and title-pages.) Contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, smooth spines divided into three compartments gilt frames, gilt-lettering in center, all edges gilt, CONCEALING FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS: The Complete Angler depicting two jaunty 17th-century gentlemen with their rods and lines; The Lives depicting a portrait of Walton (joints discretely repaired, front hinge broken in vol.1, recased with new endbands). Provenance: John Train (bookplate); Lucy S. Sanford (ownership inscription); J. Lister (ownership signature).

Second Major edition of The Complete Angler; First Major edition of The Lives.

[With:] WALTON. The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Sanderson. London: John Major, 1825. 11 engraved plates on india paper. Contemporary calf gilt, all edges gauffered and gilt (rebacked preserving original spine). LARGE PAPER ISSUE OF THE FIRST MAJOR EDITION.