Out of the Old Rock by Dobie, J. Frank - 1972

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. "The people J. Frank Dobie liked to write about during his lifetime were the men and women who came 'out of the old rock' - genuine, independent, unpretentious people, specialists of one kind or another whether that specialty was teaching or horseshoeing - people who were, above all, interesting." Ships same or next business day. Dust jacket protected in an archival cover. Price clipped. Previous owner's stamp on the first page and half title page, bookseller sticker on free endpaper, back tail corner is bumped, ends of spine lightly bumped. Dust jacket has shelf and edge wear with rubbings, chips and two small tears, spine is faded, aging at top of flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages .