Divining. The art of searching for water, oil, minerals, and other natural resources or anything lost, missing or badly needed by Bird, Christopher - 1980

1979 hardcover as pictured. A "complete history of the art of dowsing" throughout the world with a review of existing theories attempting to explain a scientific basis for the process. Binding is intact. Owner's name on FFEP. Edge of text block is foxed. Text is unmarked but the entire text block is rippled from water damage suggesting a previous owner might have had some success with the practice. Dust jacket is rubbed with several small tears along edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Macdonald and Jane's Publishers, London, 1980. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/good. Illustrator: Various. 1.5 kg; XII, 340 pages, includes appendix, and bibliography for each chapter, and index. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings, and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, charts, maps etc bound in white cloth with blue boards, trace of foxing to the white cloth, otherwise the book itself was in good order. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Badly faded on the spine section, the original fire engine red now being a gold. The author has written what is easily the best book available on an enigma that is only now beginning to receive scientific scrutiny. From the Australian Aborigine pre-Christian dousing, Italians, American Indians, Japan and even Russia, the subject is thoroughly examined. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

A Raven Book forMacdonald & Jane's London & Sydney., 1980. First edition hardback, no dustjacket. The binding has some slight fading and some very light wear only,it is sound. There is an owner's label on the endpaper. There is a touch of light edge foxing in a few places, otherwise very clean internally.

Black Mountain, NC: New Age Press. Nearly fine copy. 1985. 2nd prt.. softcover. 4to, 340 pp. .

New Age Press, 1985. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. An unmarked copy-Exciting, documented stories of dowsing. Most of them are illustrated with photographs and diagrams. The book provides a complete history of the art of dowsing around the world and discusses in detail the various existing theories attempting to explain the extraordinary phenomenon.

London: Raven/MacDonald & Jane's, 1980. xi, + 340pp., intext, b/white illustrations throughout; halftone plates and line-drawings. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over quarter-cloth spine. Plain blue boards slightly biopredated on head and foot, else very good. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn and scuffed. A definitive study of the art of divining: dowsing for water, oil, minerals and other natural resources or anything lost, missing or badly needed . . . Contents include: Prelims., Gratitudes, Intro., 5 'parts', Conclusion, Appendix, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 1.47 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: MacDonald & Janes, 1979. 1st edition. Nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 340pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., appendix, bibliog., index, Comprehensive. Huge bibliography

London: MacDonald & Janes, 1979. 1st edition. Fine. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 340pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., appendix, bibliog., index, Comprehensive. Huge bibliography

London: MacDonald & Janes, 1979. 1st edition. Near Fine. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 340pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., appendix, bibliog., index, Comprehensive. Huge bibliography

London: Macdonald & Jane. Bound in blue cloth with white backstrip and bright, gilt titles to spine, this 1980 hardback First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper. X/340pp with 16 Chapters, Numerous illustrations, Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Size is 11" x 9". Condition all VG . Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 1980.