Knots Ties and Splices A handbook for the Seafarers ,Travellers and
all who use Cordage. Historic,Heraldic and Practical Notes. by J Tom
Burgess
Hardback ,very good condition. No date but certainly from the 1890s
possibly slightly earlier.

Simply the best knot book we've had with lovely illustrations.Masses
of informative text too.

Some chapter headings:-The History and Philosophy of Knots/Heraldic
Knots/Shortenings/Splices/The Ends of Ropes/A Knot Alphabet etc.


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