The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of the University of British Columbia. {Signed Deluxe Edition}.. This item is unavailable.The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of the University of British Columbia. {Signed Deluxe Edition}.

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.