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A. E. Boothroyd, FASCINATING WALKING STICKS. A. E. Boothroyd, FASCINATING WALKING STICKS. Ref: 7332
Published by White Lion Publishers

In this 1973 edition some 280 specimends of walking sticks are shown in this book and they are a fine introduction to 'Ambulistics' - the study and collecting of walking sticks. Among the those described here are such unusual ones as the one with a hearing aid battery, one with scissors for cutting grapes in a vinery and one made from a gigantic cabbage stalk. Here are also dangerous ones such as those with a flick knife and those made in form of a sword sticks. Jacket unclipped with a mylar covering. There is a neat stamp on the title page indicating that the book was in the Army Library, York. Excellent condition.

215 x 135 mm. 206 pp. One colour frontispiece and 76 b&w photographic plates. hb. jacketed.

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Price: £55.00

Rogers & Darnbrough, WOOD CARVING. Rogers & Darnbrough, WOOD CARVING. Ref: 0309
Published by E. J. Arnold.

Published in 1897. Basic instructing in woodcarving with 12 folding plates illustrating techniques. No Jacket. Hinges loose. Dedication to the Marquis of Ripon ~"A Patron of all useful Arts and Crafts".

30mm x 190mm. 38 pp. Includes 12 folding plates. hb.

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Price: £12.50