Fun with String: A Collection of String Games, Useful Braiding & Weaving, Knot Work & Magic with String and Rope
- ISBN-10
- 0486230635
- ISBN-13
- 9780486230634
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 161
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1940
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Joseph Leeming
Description
Over 150 tricks, escapes, dissolving loops; 3- and 4-strand braiding; string figures from around the world. 140 illustrations.
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