Tyee. The Story of the Tyee Club of British Columbia. {Limited Edition with a Typed Letter Signed by Van and a Signed Poem Penned by Van Laid-in}

Van Gorman Egan (Roderick Haig-Brown).

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Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. Limited Edition. Book number 142 of 180 copies published. Signed by Van Egan and the publisher on the limitation page. Color plates showing the fishermen, the lures employed to catch these enormous salmon, fish caught, the unique boats and methods employed to fish for Tyee, and the trophies and pins awarded for the various weight classes. Sepia toned photos. This is Van's vivid account of the world-famous Tyee Club - its origins, the people who made it so, and Van's personal memories guiding and fishing for Tyee. Laid-in the book is a typed letter signed by Van Egan and it's addressed to me. In the letter, Van writes about our work on the Haig-Brown bibliography and the never-ending research minutiae associated with it; he also enclosed his poem "When Tyeemen Met with the Tide, a homage to the fishermen staying at the Spit Camp in the early 1930s." Roderick Haig-Brown was an honorary member of the club, and he also guided for it briefly in the 1930s. The book is bound in full burgundy leather with gilt titles. The Tyee Club color logo is printed on the limitation page. Matching burgundy leather and cloth slip case. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine slip case. The letter and essay in fine condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010558

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