The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography Of Books On Angling And Game Fish In The Library Of The University Of British Columbia. {Deluxe Edition. With A Roderick Haig-Brown Holograph Letter Laid-In Presenting The Book To Joesph D. Bates. Susan B. Starkman & Stanley E. Read & Roderick Haig-Brown.

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.