‎Roberts kenneth‎

‎Roberts Kenneth‎

‎HENRY GROSS AND HIS DOWSING ROD‎

‎Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1951. First Edition. This copy presumed to be the author's own copy with his bookplate affixed and the bookplate signed by both Kenneth Roberts and Henry Gross. With a number of full page illustrations from photographs throughout. 8vo publisher's original tan cloth the spine with black lettering label gilt and with the dowsing rod in black on the upper cover. viii 310 pp. A very good copy the black of the lettering label and the gilt a bit rubbed otherwise a pleasing clean and tight copy well preserved. FIRST EDITION WITH THE AUTHOR'S OWN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS AND HENRY GROSS. In the author's words "This book is an account for future records and for the encouragement of those fortunate persons able to feel within themselves the stirring of the force that moves a dowsing rod of the experiences and the sudden widening of dowsing power." And as Coert du Bois of the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Engineers wrote "I couldn't have brought myself to believe the experiments recorded in this book unless before reading it I had traveled through Maine with Henry Gross and Kenneth Roberts and seen Henry's rod tell him all the details of water veins that we would find on hilltops seventy miles away." <br> A pleasing work with fine provenance and association. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 70185

‎Roberts Kenneth‎

‎Lydia Bailey‎

‎Doubleday & Co. 1947. First edition. Hard Cover. nf/vg. octavo. 488pp A very nice copy in similar unclipped dust jacket. Some light rubbing along spine of dj. Small piece out from back of dust jacket. REVIEW COPY with review slip laid in front. This copy is a SIGNED presentation copy by Kenneth Roberts with KR's bookplate mounted to front endpaper. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 32502

‎Roberts Kenneth‎

‎Lydia Bailey‎

‎Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. 488 pages the Dj is worn and slightly torn at the top and bottomof the spine and has slightly yellowed; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1611

‎Roberts Kenneth‎

‎Norhtwest Passage‎

‎Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. Very Good. 1938. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with tan titles pannelled in black to the spine. A tightly bound unmarked copy with maps to the end papers. A loose spine with spine end and corner bumping. An American historical drama about a group of settlers known as Rogers' Rangers--led by Major Rogers --and the hardships of survival and battles with hostile Indians they encounter in trying to settle the upper New York state area for their families in the late 1750s and early 1760s. Previous owner's name on the half-title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 709 pages; Box 63 . Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 17138

‎Roberts Kenneth‎

‎Northwest Passage‎

‎London: Collins Publishers Forty-Eight Pall Mall 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 20.5x14.5x4.6cm831g. 20.5x14.5x4.6cm831g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Collins Publishers Forty-Eight Pall Mall London: 1st edition 1938. Pp709. Bookplate to front free endpaper ' Mary Harker Jan.1938' Green hard cloth boards gold lettering to spine; small tear to top of spine. This book is in good condition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.30 . . AP-Zone4_Canada_USA:_AU$42.80 . . AP-Zone6_UK_Ireland:_AU$47.55 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$13.05 Collins Publishers Forty-Eight Pall Mall hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : mbb000453

‎Roberts Kenneth‎

‎Tools for the Trades and Crafts‎

‎Self 1976. Tools for the Trades and Crafts A 18th century Pattern Book Edited by Roberts Kenneth Self Pub. 1976 first ISBN 0913602183 Hardbound Facsimile earlier edition in good condition with good dust jacket in mylar. Text is clean and unmarked binding tight some slight tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Board cover is gold embossed and very clean dust jacket is clean and shows little if any signs of wear and is mylar. This is a study of Tools of the Trade for woodworkers and others and how they affected the trade in America. Taken from early English pattern and craft books. The tools are fully illustrated with details of their use for farriers blacksmiths woodworkers coopers shoemakers etc. This is a nice book for the person who likes old tools or who collects them. 222 pages Loaded with B&W illustrations and some charts measurements of various tools. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Self Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 004021 ISBN : 0913602183 9780913602188