All pages intact . Binding is good apart from front cover partly loose from spine. This Encyclopedia of Needlework deals with its subject in all its phases, taking the worker step-by-step - by means of actual photographs, clear descriptions, explanatory diagrams, simplified charts and other methods of illustration - from the choice of materials for particular pieces of work, right through to the last stitches used in making up the finished article. The expert and the novice alike will find that the manner of writing and the choice of illustrations have been planned with a view to giving them the best information in the most interesting and useful manner, yet withouth the usual dullness of a textbook. Contents: Book 1. Embroidery including applique, assisi, beadwork, blackwork, braiding, broderie anglaise, canvas braiding, canvas embroidery, chenille embroidery, cross-stitch, drawn thread work, ecclesiastical embroidery, faggoting and insertion stitches, hardanger, hedebo, huckaback da