Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Bindings tight and square. Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has light wear to corners and spine tips. 153 pages : illustrations with index; 26 cm. 10.5 inches tall. Illustrated with drawings by Vladimir Kagan, and with photographs.------- This book is designed to teach the beginner the fundamentals of crewel embroidery and also to enable the more advanced worker to improve her or his techniques and enlarge the repertoire of stitches that can be sewn. It tells how to choose patterns, materials and wool, mark designs on the fabric, mount the work on a frame, stretch and block the finished piece. Detailed instructions for 64 different stitches are illustrated with diagrams, which give the book permanent value as a reference work.