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Vancouver, Canada. The Library of the University of British Columbia. 1970. Limited Edition. One of 135 copies of the Deluxe Edition. Octavo (9 x 6). 138 pp. Foreword by The Hon. N.A.M. MacKenzie and with a Tribute to the Memory of Tom Brayshaw by Roderick Haig-Brown. This copy inscribed by N.A.M. MacKenzie on the half-title in the year of publication. Frontispiece from The Whole Art of Fishing, 1714. Two plates of fish by Tommy Brayshaw. A fine bibliography of the holdings at UBC. The book is bound in full green and cream leather with a wet fly (a Professor, size 12) mounted on the front cover and gilt titles on the front cover and spine. Clear plastic dust jacket. The book is in fine condition in a very good jacket with light edge wear. Signed.

Vancouver, Canada. The Library of the University of British Columbia. 1970. Octavo (9 x 6). 138 pp. Limited Edition. One of 135 copies published in the Deluxe Edition. With a signed holograph letter penned by Roderick Haig-Brown on his Campbell River stationery presenting the book to angling author Joseph Bates Jr., laid-in. Also signed by Haig-Brown under his Tribute essay to Tommy Brayshaw. Foreword by The Hon. N.A.M. MacKenzie. Frontispiece from The Whole Art of Fishing, 1714. Two plates of fish by Tommy Brayshaw. Includes sections on The Henry Hawthorn Foundation for the Inculcation and Propagation of the Principles and Ethics of Fly Fishing - The Contemplative Man's Recreation - Landmarks in the Evolution of the Angling Literature - Some Pseudonyms Used by Angling Authors. This is a fine account of the Hawthorn Foundation and an excellent description of angling titles in the Special Collections' holdings at UBC. With the original four-page prospectus laid-in. The book is bound in full green and cream colored leather with an artificial fly (a Professor wet) dressed on a size 12 hook inset on the front cover and with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Clear plastic dust jacket as issued. With the book plate of Joseph Bates Jr. A unique book as well as its premium edition. The book and letter in fine condition as is the dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).