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A Visual Guide
Vicki de Kleer
ISBN: 9781861763051
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Greenhill Books
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A visual guide to the flags of the world is the first book to organise flags by graphic element, so allowing users to identify unfamiliar flags quickly and easily. This comprehensive guide contains more than 400 national flags and ensigns and an alphabetical index makes searching by country also simple and easy. A political map. glossary and a brief history of flags add to the boots's value as a reference tool.
A visual guide to the flags of the world is the first book to organise flags by graphic element, so allowing users to identify unfamiliar flags quickly and easily. This comprehensive guide contains more than 400 national flags and ensigns and an alphabetical index makes searching by country also simple and easy. A political map. glossary and a brief history of flags add to the boots's value as a reference tool.
| ISBN | 1861763050 | | Pages | 64 | | ISBN13 | 9781861763051
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Greenhill Books | | Weight (grammes) | 150 | | Imprint | Chatham Publishing | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 15 Apr 2007 | | Width (mm) | 148 | | DEWEY | 929.92 | | Spine width (mm) | 5 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | A quick history of flags | | 1 | | | | A vexillological puzzle | | 4 | | | | Using the guide | | 5 | | | | Organizing principles | | 5 | | | | Using the guide : a summary | | 7 | | | | Basic flag designs | | 8 | | | | Flags | | 11 | | | | Horizontal bands (2) | | 13 | | | | Horizontal bands (3) | | 14 | | | | Horizontal bands (4 or more) | | 17 | | | | Vertical bands (2) | | 18 | | | | Vertical bands (3 or more) | | 19 | | | | Squares | | 20 | | | | Quartered with horizontal cross | | 21 | | | | Triangle along one border | | 22 | | | | Diagonal or fan design | | 23 | | | | Union flag incorporated | | 24 | | | | Band or square on the Hoist border | | 25 | | | | Circle, heraldic creature, X, or diamond | | 26 | | | | Predominant colour : red | | 27 | | | | Predominant colour : white or yellow | | 28 | | | | Predominant colour : blue or green | | 29 | | | | International alphabet | | 30 | | | | International numerals | | 34 | | | | Repeat flags | | 35 | | | | Code and answering pennant | | 35 | | | | Additional flag information | | 37 | | | | Use of flags aboard ship : ensigns | | 37 | | | | International code of signals | | 38 | | | | Significance of colours | | 40 | | | | Flag families | | 41 |
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