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are of portraits unattainable otherwise and are all from 

 authentic sources. They were done especially for this 

 copy by Mr. J. E. Wheeler, a celebrated "Punch" artist. 

 The whole is a record of Izaak Walton, his haunts and 

 friends. All his favorite authors are illustrated by con- 

 temporary and rare portraits. Most interesting is a 

 copy of Elliot Stock's facsimile reprint of the first 

 edition, London, 1896, with a preface by Richard Le Gal- 

 lienne. This edition strangely enough is not mentioned 

 in Wood's "Bibliography." The copy is unique, Le Gal- 

 lienne's manuscript preface, with corrected proofs by 

 Le Gallienne of the same, consisting of ten pages, being 

 inserted and signed at the end; together with Le Gal- 

 lienne's correspondence with Elliot Stock concerning 

 this preface, eight highly interesting autograph letters, 

 making arrangements, stipulating as to his fee, etc. 



One of the handsomest editions of Walton is the 

 "Winchester" edition, published in London in 1902, in 

 two quarto volumes. It is edited by George A. B. 

 Dewar, and has an essay by Sir Edward Grey, with etch- 

 ings by William Strang and D. Y. Cameron. This copy 

 has been extended to four volumes with specially printed 

 title-pages and illustrated by the addition of one hundred 

 and fourteen extra illustrations. The illustrations con- 

 sist of the complete series of thirty-one original pen- 

 and-ink drawings by Strang and Cameron which are 

 reproduced in the book as head and tail pieces. (Draw- 

 ings by these two artists are exceedingly rare, both 

 being excellent etchers. Almost all their work has been 

 done direct on the copper, without preliminary draw- 

 ings.) Also an extra set of the thirty full-page etchings, 

 proofs signed by the artist (unpublished thus), and 

 complete set in proof state on India paper of the beauti- 

 ful plates and vignettes to Pickering's 1836 edition of 

 the "Angler" mentioned above. It is most sumptuously 

 bound in dark green levant morocco, very richly tooled 

 after an original design, and inlaid on the sides with 

 various colored morocco representing conventional river 

 flowers, bulrushes, water lilies floating on the water, 



