Editore: Applewood Books, 1986
ISBN 10: 0918222958 ISBN 13: 9780918222954
Da: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: As New. An instructive how-to book from the 1920s on trick and fancy rope spinning. Foreword by Will Rogers.
Editore: Dover Publications, 2011
ISBN 10: 0486257118 ISBN 13: 9780486257112
Da: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Exhibition rope spinning is an American sport with strong Mexican roots, born amid the sights, sounds, smells, and excitement of the great American West. One of the best of the old-time champion rope spinners was Chester Byers. When he wrote this book, he had behind him 20 years' experience of spinning his rope into rolls, figure 8s, and zigzags in stampedes, rodeos, roundups, and frontier days all over the country. He has a good way with words, too, and if you'll follow his directions, you'll soon find yourself managing the rope like an old hand. Besides being a wonderful spectacle, rope spinning makes great exercise, too. Even the first stunts the beginner learns ? the simple flat loop, the vertical loop, and the Wedding Ring ? bring into play the muscles of right and left arms, shoulders, neck, back, and legs. More difficult stunts such as the Butterfly, Ocean Wave, Zigzag, and Roll-over even professional athletes and dancers find real exercise! Practicing these complex stunts will not only keep you in good physical shape but will sharpen the coordination of hand, eye, and body. Whether you're learning for fun or for exercise, you'll find rope spinning a practical sport. With equipment that takes up little space and costs next to nothing, you can spin a loop any time and any place, indoors and out (even for the hardest stunts, the loop rarely exceeds six feet in diameter). Among the rewards of rope spinning are healthy exercise, improved coordination, and a spectacular and graceful skill.
Editore: New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, circa 1920's, 1920
Da: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Octavo, hardcover, black cloth boards, ex library copy. b & w photos. Title page missing else VG. Foreword by Will Rogers. 99 pp. List of "fancy ropers" at back. Advice by Elsie JanisWarning by Fred Stone. Gives forms of ropes and lassoos. Book.
Editore: Applewood Books, 1988
ISBN 10: 0918222958 ISBN 13: 9780918222954
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 114 pages. 7.25x5.00x0.50 inches. This item is printed on demand.