This amazing and beautiful reference book describes 3900 kinds of knots, illustrating them with 7000 line drawings, most showing the knots as they are actually used--in angling, weaving, sailing, tailoring, and much more.
One of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Construction and outfitting of ships, crafts and routines, hunting methods, much more. 133 halftones. 17 line illus. Introduction.
The History of the American West Collection is a unique project that provides opportunities for researchers and new readers to easily access and explore works which have previously only been available on library shelves. The Collection brings to life pre-1923 titles focusing on a wide range of topics and experiences in US Western history. From the ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: The Ashley Associates
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good Plus. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pale gray green binding with gilt titles, clean and sturdy but faded, edges lightly rubbed, 82 pages, two parimutuel receipts taped on first end paper. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company
Date Published: 1938
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Rust colored cloth boards are rubbed on edges, small bleach spots on back. Most library markings removed. Inside hinges are beginning to crack. Small closed tear on title page. Text is clean with no markings, binding is sound. Large section of illustrations. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1929
Description: Fine. Nautical & Naval. Hardcover. Quarto. First Edition. Signed by Ashley on title verso. With an introduction by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Edition limited to 1035. With 60 plates. Full red polished claf by Monastary Hill Bindery, gilt spine and cover decoration. Fine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Trustees of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society
Date Published: 1973
Description: An Exhibition of Paintings by Clifford W. Ashley. 93pp, fully illustrated w/ artist's paintings and drawings, some in color, 4to, stiff wraps. Exhibitions at The Whaling Museum 18 May-9 July 1973; The Brandywine River Museum 4 Aug. -16 Sept. 1973. Very good. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Old Dartmouth Historical Society
Date Published: 1973
Description: Clifford W. Ashley. VG+ No Jacket. An exhibition of painting by the author, as presented at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. Ashley wrote The Ashley Book of Knots. Pictorial cover of a whale boat scene. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1929
Description: Very Good. 6 pp introduction and 60 one-sided plates. 4to. Cloth in slipcase. With an introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 of 1035 copies. Book covered with worn paper dustjacket, which has many large tears, spine browned. Book shelfworn, light bumping to spine ends and corners. Slipcase worn w/ board exposure and tears to corners, spine missing, so it is open at both ends. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Quarto
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1929
Description: Jacket in Mylar protector. Original cloth. Black & white sketches. vi, [2] pages, 60 leaves of plates. Very Good in a Worn Dust Jacket. A wonderful gathering of drawings depicting a wide variety of whaling scenes and experiences on shore and at sea. Ashley grew up immersed in the subject he depicts so realistically here. "[Ashley]...tells his story so frankly that even the stranger can scarcely fail to grasp the spirit of what he portrays"--Franklin Roosevelt, from the Introduction. This is one ... read more
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