Book Description: Quirk Books,US, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. *** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Pages: 384, Julia Roberts does it. Madonna, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Hilary Swank all do it. We're talking about knitting, a fiber art as old as time, and people across America are rediscovering the joy of stitching. But how do you tell your knits from your purls? Your k2togs from your ssks? Your daisy stitches from your double basket patterns? All these answers and more can be found in "Field Guide to Knitting," a comprehensive reference with more than 200 stitch patterns and variations. Readers will learn the history of each stitch, the best stitch gauges for getting pattern definition, great ways to use the pattern (scarves, sweaters, hats), and more. Complete with useful instructions and more than 200 photographs, the compact "Field Guide to Knitting" belongs in the yarn bags of knitters everywhere! "Field Guide to Knitting" is the answer-a handy go-to reference book for a quick answer (is moss stitch the same as seed stitch, or not?) or for picking a design for your next sweater (flip through the full-colour section and take a look at examples of each stitch). Each stitch pattern will also include the history of the stitch, the best stitch gauge for getting pattern definition (fingering, sport, DK), the pieces the pattern works best in (scarves, sweaters, hats), and more. Learn to identify mistake-stitch rib, feathers and fan, brioche - and then recreate them yourself! Featuring simple stitch patterns using only knits and purls as well as complicated lace and cables, "Field Guide to Knitting" will be a valuable resource for everyone from novices to master knitters. Bookseller Inventory # 1594741581
Book Description: F&W Publications Inc, 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. *** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Pages: 128, Aimed at parents who want to preserve mementos of their children's school-year milestones and accomplishments, this work contains projects and example pages help readers to create original scrapbooks encompassing everything unique to the school years - teachers, classmates, academic achievements, sports, band, theatre, art, field trips, and more. Spanning the school years from the first tear-filled day to the cap-and-gown finale, "Scrapbooking the School Years" offers tremendous value to parents wanting to preserve mementos of their children's school-year milestones and accomplishments in a colourful, fresh and contemporary way. Projects and example pages will inspire the reader to create original scrapbooks encompassing everything unique to the school years - teachers, classmates, academic achievements, sports, band, theatre, art, field trips, and much more. The reader will also enjoy the Memory Makers artists' paper crafts - featuring fun ideas for showcasing school portraits, report cards and other memorabilia - in addition to extra tips, tricks and sidebars sprinkled throughout. Bookseller Inventory # 1892127997
Book Description: Francis Riddell Henderson, 1899. Very scarce period source. Signed by the author, Harry Lowerison. Lowerison, a socialist of the Clarion Fellowship and Clarion Newspaper, was responsible for the movement's field clubs and extolled the virtues of health, hygiene and exercise. This charming book might be seen as a nature study based on the notebooks he recorded during rambles and cycling trips around the British countryside. In an appendix, he lays plans for his "ideal school", a dream which was later realised as the Ruskin School-Home. With a frontispiece by Fred Rhead. Gilt text on spine and front cover. Paperback. Spine area sun-faded; paper covers lightly rubbed and slightly curled at edges, a little weakening /splitting internally at hinges but overall a good sound copy. 151pp. Bookseller Inventory # A4671
Book Description: Charles Thurnham & Sons, Carlisle, 1897. Hard Cover - Cloth. Book Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original binding with gilt titles & fly motif. 12mo 168pp Minor wear head of spine. 8 full page illustrations from photographs. Small worm holes in the inner margin top of pages 92-126. Bookseller Inventory # 012821
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book. Pictorial Cover. Number Line: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. 178 Pages. Measures 6-1/4" x 9-1/4". Illustrated throughout with baseball figures. Includes Introduction, 37 Chapters covering every aspect of the game, and Index of Names. Bookseller Inventory # 15141
Book Description: Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Pub, 1998. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book. Jacket: VG/Price Not Clipped. Number Line: 10 9 8 7 6 5. 256 Pages. Measures 5-3/4" x 8-3/4". Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Includes numerous photographs of popular golfers, Acknowledgments, Fore!Thoughts, Major Disasters, Black Holes, Mean Greens, Head Cases, and Cruel Rules. Bookseller Inventory # 16192
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book or a Book Club Edition. Jacket: VG/Price Not Clipped. 1st Edition (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). 256 Pages. Measures 7-1/2" x 9-3/4". Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous action photographs and drawings. Includes Acknowledgments, Foreword by Jack Nicklaus, 10 Chapters, Index, and a large color photograph and a brief biography of Norman and a brief biography of Peper. Bookseller Inventory # 15261
Book Description: NY: Perennial Library/Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book. Pictorial cover. Nicely illustrated. 4th Printing. Measures 5-1/4 By 8 with 180 Pages. "What unites the golfers of this world is not talent or prize money but the ability to endure disaster. The author, with scarcely a hint of sadism, has assembled 200 stories of desperation, ignominy, and self-sacrifice from some of the most famous names in and out of golf to show how the game is capable of reducing the mightiest player to a nervous wreck.". Bookseller Inventory # 15420
Book Description: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book or a Book Club Edition. Jacket: VG/Price Not Clipped. Number Line: 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4. 173 Pages. Measures 5-1/4" x 7-3/4". Includes numerous anecdotes and a large photograph and a brief biography of Penick and a brief biography of Shrake. Bookseller Inventory # 15270
Book Description: Austin, TX, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1984. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book. Trade Paperback. Pictorial Cover. Third Printing, 1994. 80 Pages. Measures 7-1/2" x 9-1/2". The spine is not creased. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs on all-glossy pages. Includes resources for Further Reading. Bookseller Inventory # 14420
Book Description: Boston: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book or a Book Club Edition. Jacket: Very Good/Price Clipped. Stated 1st Edition. 152 Pages. Measures 8-3/4" x 10-1/4". Illustrated with beautiful color photographs throughout. Includes Introduction, numerous nicely divided sections, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, and a color photograph and a brief biography of the author and photographer. Would be a nice gift item. Oversized, coffee-table type book. Bookseller Inventory # 16053
Book Description: Hutchinson, London, 1968. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harold J. Walter (illustrator). Third Impression. 6" x 9' 120 Pgs. Funny descriptions of sporting situations. Bookseller Inventory # 89050
Book Description: Parker Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1976. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Line Drawings (illustrator). Sixth Printing. 5" x 8" 228 Pgs. Over 100 drills to practice and perfect in order to develop every aspect of play. Author was head tennis coach at University of Arizona [Tucson]. Bookseller Inventory # 94350
Book Description: The Viking Press, New York, 1964. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 110 Pgs 6" x 8". With forward by Otto Graham. You will get a lot more out of watching football on TV after reading this book. Easy-to-read diagrams will help you to follow some of the more intricate formations. Includes Glossary and Officials' Signals. Bookseller Inventory # 32740
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gramercy Books, 2002. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book. Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition (9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). 243 Pages. Measures 5-3/4" x 8-1/2''. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, numerous nicely divided sections, a helpful Index, and a brief biography of the author. Would be a nice gift item. Bookseller Inventory # 16052
Book Description: W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd.,, London, 1979. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bill Tidy (illustrator). First Edition. 5" x 8" 84 Pgs. Sticker on front end page. In Rain Stops Play, the 'acknowledged master of the gaffe' has put together a hilarious collection of anecdotes, jokes and stories which have rocked the commentary box and tickled the cricketing fraternity. Bookseller Inventory # 52590
Book Description: Hutchinson Group (N.Z.) Ltd., Auckland, N.Z., 1984. Soft Cover Uncreased Spine. Book Condition: Very Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 7" x 9.5'' 94 Pgs. This book deals specifically with Rugby skills and training methods. Each skill is thoroughly analysed for a complete understanding of the requirement. Progressive practices are included to develop a high standard in the practical application of the basic techniques of the game. Valuable to players of all ages and status and coaches and physical education teachers. Bookseller Inventory # 35770
Book Description: Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong, 1980. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Black & White and Color Photographs (illustrator). 6" x 9.5" 102 Pgs. Founding of the Club and Pavillion 1908. New Clubhouse 1932. Post war cricket to 1980. Visiting teams. Lawnbowls and Tennis. Bookseller Inventory # 83835
Book Description: St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.: Sporting News, 1990. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book. Trade Paperback. Pictorial Cover. Stated 1st Edition: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 287 Pages. Measures 6" x 9". The spine is not creased. Illustrated with numerous B&W photographs. Includes the best of the best in several categories and in all sporting events. Bookseller Inventory # 15121
Book Description: Penguin Books, Toronto, 1997. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 377 Pages 4.5 X 7 ". There is nothing quite so Canadian as hockey, and nothing quite so hockey as the realtionships between Canadian hockey players and their fathers. In The Home Team, Roy MacGregor examines how that dynamic has shaped the lives of many of the best-known names in hockey - as well as others whose stories should be better known. Bookseller Inventory # 21989
Book Description: Self Published, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1984. Soft Cover Staple Bound. Book Condition: Very Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). Second Edition. 5.5" x 8.5" 68 Pgs. Here is a fund raiser cookbook put together by the wives of the Vancouver Canucks hockey players. The back cover shows a group photo of the league 1983-84 plus there are interviews with the players along with their favorite recipes. Bookseller Inventory # 112800
Book Description: Cornet Books, London, 1994. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. 4.5 x 7" 324 Pgs. A terrific thriller novel, from the ultimate champion and insider. Bookseller Inventory # 64190
Book Description: Educational Productions Ltd., London, 1956. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Line Drawings (illustrator). First Edition. 5" x 7.5" 144 Pgs. Colourful dust jacket has small repair on back and the back board has slightly marks. Original bookstore sticker inside back cover.The Author was the coach of the Northern Counties Lawn Tennis Club. Published in collaboration with the Dunlop Sports Company Ltd. Bookseller Inventory # 88550
Book Description: Chicago Reveiw Press, 1995. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 6 x 9" 387 Pages. Price clipped. This anthology brings together twenty-eight exceptional short stories about the great game of baseball. Written over several decades by some of America's favorite writers, including Zane Grey, James Thurber, P.G. Wodehouse, Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner, Garrison Keillor and other fans of the game. Bookseller Inventory # 26379
Book Description: Betterway Publications, Inc, White Hall, Virginia, 1989. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). 2nd Printing. 6 x 9" 127 Pgs. In 1987 the author coached the Hillsborough, NJ Little League Team to the state championship. He has coached kids as a volunteer parent for 15 years and that experience has given him deep and reliable insights into what works. His emphasis is not on winning, it is on improvement, on team spirit and on confidence building - the characteristics that lead to winning. This book is for parents who want their children to do well at baseball. It gives parents the confidence they can make a difference, blending creative hints and tips, baseball secrets, anecdotes and instructions into the emotional framework needed to coach a child. Bookseller Inventory # 64260
Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atria Books, 2004. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library Book or a Book Club Edition. Jacket: VG/Price Not Clipped. 1st Edition (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). 306 Pages. Measures 6-1/4" x 9-1/4". Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Includes Cast of Characters, several Chapters divided by the innings of a Yankees-Red Sox game, Postscript, Epilogue, Note on Sources, Acknowledgments, and a brief biography of the author. Bookseller Inventory # 15975
Book Description: The Sporting News, 1972. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 5 By 6 Inches. Baseball Statistic and pictures, layouts of field seating, run downs on all the games. Color cover picutres, all others black and white. Bookseller Inventory # 001488
Book Description: The Lyons Press. ISBN# 1585741094 / Softcover, stiff wraps / Condition: VERY GOOD; pages are bright and clean, no marks or writing, binding is tight. Covers have mild wear. Overall, a nice copy!. Bookseller Inventory # 3601
Book Description: Guinness Superlatives Limited, Middlesex, England, 1983. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Price Clipped. Colour & B/W Photographs (illustrator). 256 Pgs 7" x 9". This book contains: milestones in cricket history; extensive review and summary of test cricket; country-by-country survey of first-class cricket; review of one-day cricket; milestones and major records in women's cricket; minor cricket; and a varied selection of cricket's curious facts and feats. Extensive index. Bookseller Inventory # 26970
