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Lot 76
[ANGLING] NEW, HARRY S.[TEWART] The Story of the South Branch.
N.p.: privately printed, n.d. (but 1923 from preface). First edition. Original hand-lettered wrappers, spine with purple silk ties, housed in a modern clamshell case. 10 1/2 x 8 inches (26.5 x 20 cm); illustrated title, 70 pp.; mimeographed text, 70 mounted original photographs, one of which, of a fisherman, is full-page. Some wear and losses to wrappers, internally generally clean.
The story of the Turtle Lake Club of Michigan, a private enclave of about 20,000 acres, is recounted here by New, who was a chairman of the R.N.C., a United States senator, and the Postmaster-General under Coolidge. The Club (which still exists) typically has fewer than 20 members, including many Michigan industrialists, so the likely circulation was very small and very exclusive, and the production is clearly a labor of love. The author describes named fishing spots (primarily for trout), with the origin of the names, and associated anecdotes. WorldCat records only four copies (one listing of which may be a duplicate), in Indiana or Michigan libraries. Unrecorded by Bruns.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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