"The Book Of The Flyfishers' Club, 1884-1934"
$250
[93] pp.
Published by The Flyfishers' Club. London.
1934
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece (cartoon of "The Flyfishers' Club Arrives At Loch Ness 1933" with "key" to names on tissue overlay) and 11 b&w plates, 10 of them photographs, and a text drawing.
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David Beazley, the current Librarian of the Flyfishers' Club referred to the book as "the Jubilee Book." Main Committee decision to research, write up and compile the book by means of a 'Committee of Editors' whose identities were, as far as possible, to be kept confidential. All members were given a copy of the book, the majority being handed out on leaving the Jubilee Dinner at the Savoy. Subsequently, new members were able to buy copies for 10/6d.
With a history of the club's formation plus chapters on the library; the Journal; various dinners; rummage sales; committees and secretaries plus appendices listing former presidents, original members, honorary life members, gifts to the club plus author members and their books.
The Flyfishers' Club is a gentlemen's club in London, England, which was founded in 1884 for enthusiasts of flyfishing. In 1894, the club had more than three hundred members, while in 1984, this number had risen to between eight and nine hundred members.
History
The club's library has been described as one of the finest of its kind in Europe; it has a collection of around three thousand works on the subject of fishing.