Isbn: 9780852062708 - shepherds' crooks and walking sticks (mini books) (4 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1974). (1972) 1980 2nd edition reprint. Small format paperback. (120 x 183mm). Pp48. B/w photographs. Slightly browned but very good. "This book is written in the first person. It is an account of David Grant's stick making methods as told to Edward Hart. David Grant carved sticks and crooks for over 40 years. He won many hundreds of awards including major shows such as the Royal, the Royal Highland and the Great Yorkshire, and also judged them. Edward Hart is an agricultural journalist who formerly famed in a Yorkshire dale." Chapters include: History; Cutting a shank; Selecting the horn; Tools; Wooden block sticks; Shaping horn - first steps; Shanking; Tips and ferrules; Finishing; Fancy sticks; Showing and judging; Leg crooks and thumb sticks; Carving ornaments by Frank Graham. The foreword is by Lady Isabel M. Duncan. .…

White illustrated card cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Slightly rubbed. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 48pp.

White illustrated card cover. Zustand: Good. Second Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Slightly rubbed. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 48pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback reprint in the Dalesman Mini-Books series, 1980, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - small label scuff to lower front cover. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.…