Vogt Evon Ray Hyman (31 results)

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. Ex-library book with usual markings. Meets or exceeds the good condition guidelines. Nice copy. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 260pp. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, xii, 248 pp. Original Cloth. Very Good, in worn dust jacket (I am happy to report that the front flap of the dust jacket is not price-clipped). This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition. NOTE: On December 16, 2024, there are copies for sale online of the first edition, with dust jacket, at $550 and $350 that are in somewhat better condition than mine. But are they that much better? You get to decide.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2000. North America, Popular culture. University of Chicago Press. Very good - fine paperback 260p plus 37 page new preface.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Surface and edge wear to jacket. ; B&W Plates; 8vo ; 248 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Ex-Library, no exterior markings, pocket partially removed rear cover. Otherwise contents Very Good+ with only one neat stamp. Illus, 260pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Nice Clean Copy. 2nd impression. No marks or writings, pages bright and clean, binding tight and sound. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. 248 pp V.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. (1968),248pp, illus., blue cloth, slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, owner's name to fep, some foxing to pg edges, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean & unmarked.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2000. Second. paperback. . . . . .

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine faded, card covers slightly rubbed at corners, but generally appears little used, no inscriptions. 260 pages, 23 illustrations on plates, references, bibliography.

Condition: New. 2000. Second. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: as new. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988. Paperback. xi, 260 p., [8] leaves of plates. On the divining rod. Condition : fine. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780226862972. Keywords : ,

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. xi, 248pp, frontispiece: dowsing, 16pp b/w illustrations, two appendices, bibliography. There is a trace of bookworm from the front paste-down to the Preface (p vii) and on the rear end-papers. Prev owner's name is by the upper edge of the front flyleaf with a note in marker slightly lower down. The surname is repeated in biro on the frontis recto. Decorative blue coth boards foxed, stained and worn, in dust-jacket which has been reinforced with tape on its blind side. In their quest to understand water witching, the authors also 'explore such related phenomena as hypnosis, mind reading, talking horses, and ouija boards. The book, which includes an appendix on scientific methods of locating underground water, is an enlightening excursion into contemporary folkways and an example of the scientific method at work'. Size: 8vo.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2revised ed edition. 260 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Chicago, Illinois-London: The University of Chicago Press-Cambridge University Press, 1959 First Edition. CR Page stated published 1959. No additional printings stated. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with the original pictorial Dust Jacket. 8vo. B/w collection of photographs, drawings, and historical woodcuts showing the tools, techniques, early instances of dowsing, and cross-sectional views contrasting the dowsers explanation of groundwater with the geologists' analysis. Blue full cloth boards are clean and unmarked with bright blue titles to spine and divining-rod on front. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Sewn binding tight, solid and square. Former owner name on endpaper. Pages in Fine Condition. Vintage dust jacket is clean, rubbed, with chipping to spine head and heel. Protected in archival sleeve. The magical, non-scientific practice of water-witching, using a forked stick to find underground water, practiced for centuries, continues today. The authors examine why this is so, studying water-witching and water-witchers extensively, with personal accounts, historical background, and data from controlled experiments. Their book also includes an appendix on scientific methods of locating ground water by H. E. Thomas of the U.S.Geological Survey. 248 pages. Bibliography. 8vo. Chicago, Illinois-London 1959, The University of Chicago Press.

Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. Very good/DJ good with chips on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. "Why has the magical, non-scientific practice of water witching continued in an age that we think of as scientific and rational? This book offers an enlightening excursion into contemporary folkways and a remarkable example of the scientific method at work." - dust jacket. Chapters include: Does it Work? - Case Histories and Field Tests; Does it Work? - Controlled Experiments; Why Does the Rod Move?; Who's Who in Witching; and more. 1968 Second impression of the 1958 first edition. xii, 248 pages. References. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Name inside front board, otherwise book clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this fascinating study.; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good first edition. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked save some light age-toning, bookseller's sticker to bottom right corner of front pastedown. Very minor bumping, fading to ends of spine. Very slight discolouration to covers. Minor age toning to textblock. Previous owner's stamp to bottom of textblock. Very minor age toning to front and back end papers. Good dust jacket. Price-clipped. Two minor areas of loss, wear and chipping to spine. Minor chipping and crease to top of covers. Slight wear to ends of folds. Minor specks of discolouration to inside of jacket. An enlightening excursion into the contemporary folkways of water witching.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(-). First ed. Small quarto in b&w photo-illus grey and red jacket; xi, 248 pages, illustrations 23 cm; bibliographical references. In this unique case, a poetically perfect?blessed or powerful??copy! / Contents: Why water witching? -- The family tree -- Does it work? Case histories and field tests -- Does it work? Controlled experiments -- From talking horse to talking twigs -- Why does the rod move? -- Who's who in witching -- For whom the witch tells-- Water witching as magical divination -- Letter of explanation and dowsing questionnaire mailed to county agricultural extension agents -- Water-well location by scientific divination / H.E. Thomas. Appropriately water-damped copy: mild traces of dowsing success! About very good(-) to good(+) thus. Please see photos. Neat notes in pencil to paste-down and tiny, extra neat pencil makrs to margins of a few pages (easily erased but also informative). in very good(-) dust-jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Despite advanced technology, the practice of water witching - using a forked stick to indicate an underground source of water - persists in both rural and urban areas. Water Witching U.S.A. is a lively look at dowsing, full of personal accounts, historical background, and data from controlled experiments and a nationwide survey. This study includes a collection of photographs, drawings, and historical woodcuts showing the tools, techniques, and early instances of dowsing, as well as cross-sectional views contrasting the dowser's explanation of groundwater with the geologist's. Printed in the U.S.A. 248 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author Evon Vogt at title page: "For The Coles, Evon Z. Vogt, Cambridge, Mass. May, 1959". Stated at copyright: "1959 by The University of Chicago, Published 1959". No additional printings stated. Blue full cloth boards, navy divining rod at cover and crisp spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Pages near fine with attractive toning. Small vintage address label at front endpaper: "Francis S. Moltzen, 321 Harrison St., Leonia, NJ". Many intriguing and instructional plates throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub, discoloration; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Near very good signed first edition in same wrapper. Despite advanced technology, the practice of water witching - using a forked stick to indicate an underground source of water - persists in both rural and urban areas. Water Witching U.S.A. is a lively look at dowsing, full of personal accounts, historical background, and data from controlled experiments and a nationwide survey. This study includes a collection of photographs, drawings, and historical woodcuts showing the tools, techniques, and early instances of dowsing, as well as cross-sectional views contrasting the dowser's explanation of groundwater with the geologist's analysis. Printed in the U.S.A. 248 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.