. WINTER 2017 VOLUME XXI NUMBER 1 Th e Fe llow shi p of Amer ican BIB LIO PHI LIC SOC IETIE S Contents Letter from the Chair 1 Letter from the Editor 3 FABS Texas Tour, 31 May – 3 June, 2017 by Russell Martin III 7 FABS Moscow Tour, 17 – 24 September, 2017 by William Butler 9 Remembering Robert D. Fleck, Jr. by Joel Silver 11 FISAE by William Butler 13 Club News 14 The Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies OFFICERS Michael Thompson, Chair The Caxton Club:
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[email protected] Philip Anderson, Treasurer The Rowfant Club:
[email protected] Ronald K. Smeltzer, Secretary The Grolier Club:
[email protected] Lawrence N. Siegler, Conference Chair The Rowfant Club:
[email protected] Arthur S. Cheslock, Membership Chair The Baltimore Bibliophiles:
[email protected] William Butler, International Affiliates Chair The Grolier Club:
[email protected] Richard Ring, Editor, FABS Newsletter The Grolier Club:
[email protected] Scott Vile, Production Designer, FABS Newsletter The Baxter Society:
[email protected] INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES Aberystwyth Bibliographical Group, Aberystwyth, Wales Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen, Amsterdam Associació de Bibliòfils de Barcelona Berliner Bibliophilen Abend E. V., Berlin Biron Stables Bibliophile Club, St. Petersburg Société Royale des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, Brussels International Federation of Ex-libris Societies, Newville, Pennsylvania Moscow Club of Bibliophiles, Moscow National Union of Bibliophiles, Moscow (formerly Organization of Russian Bibliophiles) The Society of Bibliophiles in Capetown The St. Petersburg Society of Bibliophiles Les Amis Du Livre Contemporain, Paris Private Libraries Association, Pinner, Middlesex Maxmilian-Gesellschaft e.V.