Knots

Above all, Mr. Ashley gives explicit directions on how to tie them. He describes each step simply and clearly in the text and has penned right alongside some 7000 drawings to make it still more graphic. This book and a piece of cord will open a new and challenging world of practical adventure to readers of all ages. Mr. Ashley has devoted eleven years to writing this book, and it is based on forty years of looking for, trying out, and thinking up new knots. His drawings abound in humor and the text is... Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1993. Reprint of 1944 edition. Large hardcover book complete in its original dust jacket. 29 cm. 620 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout. In very good condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Moderate edge wear/tear, rubbing to the dust jacket.

Good. Hardback.

David & Charles 5th imp 1992 . 4to, min bmps + wr to bds, v vmin wr to d/w + v min stning to inside of d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 710 gms.

Terrey Hills, NSW: A. H. & A. W. Reed. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Gift inscription to top corner of front free endpaper [flyleaf]. 128 pages. Guide to sailing, including navigation, knots, capsizing and righting, sailing onto a mooring, rules of the road, weather etc. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all... Read more about this item

Salamander 1st 2003 . small square format 8vo, glazed pictorial boards M/F 580 gms.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1977.. 4to. (xii), 620 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 8 photographic plates, 3,854 line illustrations of knots in the text plus pictorial endpapers. Mild dampstaining to the jacket, else very good.

Waterline 1st 1994 . 8vo pb 127pp VG++ 260 gms.

Constable; 2003. Used- Very Good. Uncreased spine.

London: Faber and Faber Limited 1977. 4to. x, 620 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in printed, price-clipped jacket. Some foxing to jacket and waterstaining at the base of its spine. Slight bumping and rubbing to book's spine ends. Foxing along fore-edge and top edge. Internally clean. Illustrated by the author. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 057109659X . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1977.