Record catch for a Compleat Angler
Containing an original watercolour, one of just a dozen de luxe copies of the 1931, Harrap edition of Izaak Walton’s 'Compleat Angler', illustrated by Arthur Rackham, made a record equalling £10,000 at Gildings (18/12% buyer’s premium) of Market Harborough.
Two other such special copies, bound in full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt fi…