The Ashley Book of Knots

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This book and a piece of cord will open a new and challenging world of practical adventure to readers of all ages. Annie Proulx, with its descriptions and illustrations of various knots providing the chapter headings. This is the definitive reference on the subject and well worth adding to ANY library, public, private, or personal. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The knowledge gained shall expand your skills necessary for basic survival and you will find helpful in everyday living situation.

These have been collected and collated by Geoffrey Budworth with the help of other members of the International Guild of Knot Tyers.But it's so much more than just an enyclopedia of knots; it's also a glimpse into the history of their use and utility. Published in 1944, so there's a lot of interesting history in it as well as lots of fascinating information on useful and decorative knots. 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.

The Ashley Book of Knots is an encyclopedia of knots written and illustrated by the American sailor and artist Clifford W. Ashley's wonderful 1944 work, The Ashley Book of Knots, which I had the good fortune to find at a yard sale for a quarter, this book would have remained just a thread of an idea. 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. Knot tying is probably in no danger of disappearing, but certainly fewer people are learning to tie them.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. 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. Some of the illustrations are a bit hard to follow; updated diagrams would make this book the essential reference it deserves to be. The original list of revisions submitted to the publisher is believed to have been lost, but many had been collected from a series of articles in Knotting Matters, the Guild's quarterly publication. Image shows bag lanyards, yoke rope, manrope and two Chinese priest cords on one page and blocks, deadeyes, bull's-eyes, hearts, thimbles, etc.