Both the front and back covers are lightly creased along the head's outer edge; the tail of the spine is slightlly damaged; an ownership inscription on the front end paper has been blacked out with texta and the back paste down has a series of very nice sketches in blue biro "cast iron decoration' and again names covered in black texta. The body of the book is clean, unmarked and solid. 240 pages, first published in 1968. Contents: PART ONE: The nature of pattern. PART TWO: Pattern making: Eight lessons PART THREE: Aspects of pattern