Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod
by Roberts, Kenneth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday and Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the title page: For Harld W. Edwards with best wishes (signed) Kenneth Roberts; additional signed by Henry Gross, dated 1951. Cloth has some mottling wear, ight shelfwear to boards, with previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown; dust jacket wear along the edges, with chipping at the spine and corners. Overall a Very Good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 611115
- Title
- Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod
- Author
- Roberts, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.