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Knife Throwing, A Practical Guide, by Harry K. McEvoy. Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, [1973], eleventh printing, 1980. Paperback 108pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. With Appendix. Includes chapter on tomahawk and Bowie knife throwing; compares the Kukri or Gurkha knife. Small pen scribbles in top corner of fly leaf. Cover clean and bright. Spine not creased. Very light rubbing to corners and extremities of spine. Light foxing to edges of text block. Light foxing and age-toning, and small brown stain on inside of cover and fly leaf. Small gray mark p. 17. Light brown stains at the top of pp. 74 migrating faintly through to p. 78; Small brown stain top corner p. 96 migrating to p. 103. These defects aside the text block is clean: no inscriptions, no underlining or highlighting, no annotations or marginalia. Binding secure, no loose or missing pages; no torn pages.
"Harry K McEvoy, a long-time resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, founded the Tru-Balance Knife Company there in 1949 and is today one of the primary suppliers of quality throwing-knives to professionals and sportsmen alike. He has coached and demonstrated knife and tomahawk throwing for more than 30 years and is founder and national director of The American Knife Throwers Alliance. Mr. McEvoy's previous publications include Archery Today, Crusader in the Wilderness, Knife Throwing as a Modern Sport, and Knife Throwing in the Professional Style. He is member of The Company of Military Historians of Washington, D.C." (from the back cover)