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Angler's Club of New York: Bylaws, Officers, List of Members - 1928 - 1931. Four membership booklets, of which the first is not from Derrydale Press. 1928 - 32 pages. Included in this lot, with the other three booklets in the clamshell box. Very light stain to the soft covers otherwise Very Good plus. 1929 - 34 pages. Small tear on the back free endpaper and pages with numbers in pencil at the bottom of each page listing the members, otherwise a Fine copy. Frazier A-2-a. 1930 - 36 pages. A Fine copy. Frazier A-3-a. 1931 - 36 pages. Some pencil check marks next to members names and a couple of annotations. Center page loose from the lower staple binding. Frazier A-4-a. Printed Derrydale Press on the lower portion of the last page. (Frazier) Unknown as Derrydale Press books until discovered in Connett's papers in 1981. So very scarce even the Angler's Club of New York says they do not have copies. These three years of the Angler's Club bulletin are clearly different from those years before and after these three that were produced by Derrydale. Although the quantity printed is unknown there were only a little over 200 members in each of these years so it is unlikely that more than 250 to 300 copies were printed, and it seems obvious that they have had an extremely low survival rate. All are housed in a Fine half leather clamshell box, with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and design on the spine. Some of the rarest Derrydale Press books. Frazier A-2-a, A-3-a, & A-4-a This lot is part of The Carter Center - John Moores Angling Collection. John Moores is well known as the owner of the San Diego Padres, but he is also a prolific philanthropist, the chairman of the board of trustees of The Carter Center, and an avid fly fisherman. His long interest in fly fishing has been enriched by his relationship with the Carters. This relationship began as a result of their mutual interest in global health issues, but his deep admiration of President Carter began long before and has grown over time. In 1989, John Moores established the River Blindness Foundation to distribute a treatment for that disease in developing countries. The foundation was later absorbed into The Carter Center. Shortly after meeting Carter, their shared passion of fly fishing strengthened the already close bonds formed through their work on river blindness control and treatment programs in Africa and Central and South America. Their trips have taken them to some of the most remote places in the world including Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina, and Kamchatka, Russia. Despite being consistently out-fished ("Jimmy Carter was the first guy in the river and the last guy out - and he consistently caught the most and largest fish."), John considers Jimmy Carter the best fly fishing companion in the world. One day fishing for brown sea trout in Tierra del Fuego, John asked Carter why he was catching more fish than the rest and he replied, "I don't false cast." John, on the other hand, was madly false casting, which had become a bit of a chore with their 10 and 12 weight rods. The presidential advice did not prove to be helpful to John. John's friendship with Jimmy Carter is the most important in his life. It didn't take but a moment to decide whom to gift the proceeds from his treasured angling and book collection. His many memories of fly fishing inspired him to pay further tribute to the man he calls his hero. Tax deductions for purchases may apply as all proceeds from the sale of this important and historic collection are to benefit The Carter Center to wage peace, fight disease and build hope.
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