Author: VAN GORMAN EGAN.
Title: Tyee. The Story of the Tyee Club of British Columbia. {Limited Edition. With a Letter Signed by Van Egan Laid-in}.
Description: Campbell River, British Columbia. Published by the Ptarmigan Press. 1988. Limited Edition. Book number 78 of 180 copies published. Signed by Van Egan and the publisher on the limitation page. Color plates showing the fishermen, the lures employed to catch these enormous salmon, fish caught, the unique boats and methods employed to fish for Tyee, and the trophies and pins awarded for the various weight classes. Sepia toned photos. This is Van's personal account of the world-famous Tyee Club - its origins, the people who made it so, and Van's memories guiding and fishing for Tyee. Laid-in the book is a typed letter signed by Van Egan on his letterhead and it’s addressed to the Pacific Salmon Foundation indicating the book is to be donated for auction. Van writes about the book’s printing history, and the winning bid is to be forwarded to Bryan Wiley, manager at Kask Graphics Ltd. the book’s printer. The book is bound in full burgundy leather with gilt titles. The Tyee Club color logo is printed on the limitation page. Matching burgundy leather and cloth slip case. A beautiful book. Fine in a fine slip case. Signed by Author.

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