String Figures and How to Make Them [16933]

String Figures and How to Make Them by Caroline Furness Jayne. Published by Dover Publications Inc, New York, NY, 1962. Republication. Paperback. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG. Edge wear, front cover bottom corner creased. Overall content excellent. 407 Pgs. ISBN 048620152X. LCCN 62-51880. A Study of Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands. With an Ethnological Introduction by Alfred C. Haddon. This book describes, in a simple and easy-to-follow manner, how to make no less than 107 different string figures, just as they are made in their land of origin. The description of each figure and the process of making it is accompanied by several simply drawn sketches that show each distinct step as it would be viewed by the person making the figure. This Dover edition is a republication of the work first published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1906 under the former title: String Figures. Description text copyright 2008 www.BooksForComfort.net. Item ID 16933.