Eagle Book of Hobbies 1962 is a reprint of the 1958 annual.
It would have had a fly-sheet with photographic images which
would have made it much more appealing than this plain cover to the right. Times have changed
a lot over the years - this annual advocates experimenting with hydrofluoric acid to etch
glass - try getting this from your local chemist these days! Nevertheless, this book suggests
a wide range of interesting hobbies that one could follow in the late fifties and early sixties.
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Longacre Press Ltd in 1958, reprinted in 1962
Dimensions : 21cm x 26.5cm with 192 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Learn how to Do it Yourself with Wood -- endless way of cutting your fingers!
- Make Home Movies and improve your photography skills
- Get the best from your bike
- Rear butterflies at home
| CONTENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Page | Page | ||
| Model Railways | 7 | Sports Equipment | 99 |
| Camping | 13 | Pets | 104 |
| Electricity | 24 | Photography | 120 |
| Radio | 31 | Cinematography | 130 |
| Reading | 37 | Chemistry | 133 |
| Carpentry | 39 | Bird Watching | 138 |
| Simple Knots | 51 | Cycle Care | 147 |
| Codes and Invisible Inks | 52 | Coin Collecting | 149 |
| Printing | 57 | Collecting | 151 |
| Metal Work | 61 | What's the Postmark? | 157 |
| A Binder for your Magazines | 68 | Fossils and Shells | 159 |
| Aeromodelling | 71 | Caterpillars | 161 |
| Target Shooting | 77 | Spotting | 164 |
| Astronomy | 80 | Fishing | 176 |
| Stamp Collecting | 85 | Dramatics | 183 |
| Model Cars | 91 | Weather Forecasting | 189 |
| Model Boats | 95 | ||