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34. RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaac THE COMPLEAT ANGLER Or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. being a dis- course of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers Harrap, 1931. First edition illustrated by Rackham. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette in original pictorial dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers with Rackham designs in silhouette. Twelve colour plates under captioned tissue guards and numer- ous black and white drawings. A near fine copy with a hint of toning to the spine, in a good dustwrapper with a few closed tears and some fading to the spine. Internally clean with bright plates. [45321] £300
35. RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaak “GET SECRETLY BEHIND THE TREE” An Original Watercolour from The Com- pleat Angler 1931. Original pen, ink and watercolour painting on board. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right hand corner. Original Leicester Galleries exhibition notice to the rear. 24.5cm x 17.4cm. Very good condition indeed. [39209] £15,000 An iconic angling image from Walton’s Compleat Angler. “I am glad to enter you into the art of fishing by catching a chub, for there is no fish better to enter a young angler... Go to the same hole in which I caught my chub, where in most hot days you will find a dozen or twenty ch- evens floating near the top of the water; get two or three grasshoppers as you go over the meadow, and get secretly behind the tree...” (p. 69) LITERATURE: The Compleat Angler (Harrap, 1931), plate at p.68.
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