HENRY GROSS AND HIS DOWSING ROD
by ROBERTS, Kenneth
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1951. ROBERTS, Kenneth. HENRY GROSS AND HIS DOWSING ROD. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1951. First edition, inscribed by Roberts, signed by Gross at title page. 8vo., brown cloth, illustrated. Title is partially rubbed away at spine; touch of fraying to cloth at extremes. Still, a near fine, tight, clean copy overall, with the neatly trimmed parts of the dust jacket (flap price-clipped, slightly worn) laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68310
- Title
- HENRY GROSS AND HIS DOWSING ROD
- Author
- ROBERTS, Kenneth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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