Small tear to bottom right-hand corner of front dustjacket, otherwise minor shelfwear to dustjacket and its extremities, slight shelfwear to extremities of bookcovers, otherwise fine. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What else needs to be said about knots Almost 650 pages of incredible knowledge, presented in a truzly unique manner. Before I was finished, I had a piece of parachute cord in my hand trying to learn the knots as I was going along. From Nobel Laureates Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter to theatre greats Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett to rising stars Polly Stenham and Florian Zeller, Faber Drama presents the very best theatre has to offer. His ruling passions were marine painting and knot-tying, on which he was one of the world’s leading authorities.

if you can appreciate a magnificent effort by one person to know, record and share everything there is to know about one thing, you'll appreciate this volume. This is probably the most important book on the subject, and has more knots listed than any other book. Featuring every practical knot, what it looks like, who uses it, where it comes from and how to tie it; with 7000 drawings representing over 3800 knots. With classics such as Ted Hughes's The Iron Man and award-winners including Emma Carroll's Letters from the Lighthouse, Faber Children's Books brings you the best in picture books, young reads and classics.The Ashley Book of Knots is an encyclopedia of knots written and illustrated by the American sailor and artist Clifford W. He describes each step simply and clearly in the text and has penned right alongside some 7000 drawings to make it still more graphic. Home to William Golding, Sylvia Plath, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally Rooney, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Max Porter, Ingrid Persaud, Anna Burns and Rachel Cusk, among many others, Faber is proud to publish some of the greatest novelists from the early twentieth century to today. His ruling passions were marine painting and knot-tying, on which he was one of the world's leading authorities.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The Knotting Matters issues cited in the above Knot News article are: KM1, KM28, KM31, KM32, and KM33. He was an author and painter of consummate skill, well regarded for his paintings of ships and the sea and for his illustrations. It also provides a sort of sociological insight into how people worked not so long ago, too, with knots specific to stevedores, teamsters, movers, bakers, fishermen and others who once depended on knots but to a great extent no longer do so. There is obviously nothing in the book about the synthetic ropes that have come out since it was written, or the knots that were developed to deal with the slipperiness of those ropes.As this book was first published in 1944, there are some more recently discovered knots missing from this huge volume, such as the Versatackle knot and the Zeppelin bend. The edition with the the cover illustration of the sailor on the pier is hilarious if you know what knot he's tying: a handcuff knot. Annie Proulx, with its descriptions and illustrations of various knots providing the chapter headings. The knowledge gained shall expand your skills necessary for basic survival and you will find helpful in everyday living situation. Image shows bag lanyards, yoke rope, manrope and two Chinese priest cords on one page and blocks, deadeyes, bull's-eyes, hearts, thimbles, etc.