From Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A. Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 19 April 2012
First edition, 1/260 copies. This copy lacking the limited edition page with the author's signature. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 299 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Heavy sunning to spine and both boards. Minor foxing to foredge of textblock. Top edge of textblock gilt still full. Front hinge cracked. Front and rear pastedowns and endpaper moderately foxed. Interior pages bright and clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N9-6). Seller Inventory # 4971
Title: Proper Studies
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
Publication Date: 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition, 1/260 Copies.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1949. Uniform edition . 299 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Heavy staining to both boards. Seller Inventory # 1688131065ALK
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1939. Reprinted. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown, endpaper and half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Seller Inventory # 1688637114ALK
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. True first British printing. No jacket. Green boards with gold lettering to spine are very good with a few small marks (mainly to front), minor pushing/bumping to corners, fading/browning to spine, the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/slight fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages dyed green have the odd small mark/minor scratch. Rough cut page edges and bottoms have the odd small mark/(quite) heavy foxing. End-papers tanned. Small bookseller's sticker inside front board. Pages bit tanned. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 008544
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
HardBack. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st Thus, Chatto 1949. Several illustrations. Internally good clean tight sound, shaken out of true, no bookplate, inscriptions ownership marks of any kind, well held in joints and hinge, clean crisp corners and edges. Bound in bright gilt ruled and lettered green cloth, with part of original unclipped colour painted Enid Marx dustwrapper, upper and blurb preserved, neatly trimmed at joint, lacking spine and lower wrpper. From the author of Brave New World. Seller Inventory # 100216124
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. Purple cloth hardcopy, title within label on sunned spine. Normal wear to edges and corners, spotting and rubbing to covers. Text free of writing. xviii, 349 pp. Full refund if not satisfied. Seller Inventory # 074211
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.299. previous owners inscription on FEP, The Phoenix Library edition. book. Seller Inventory # 311589
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: de Wit Books, HUTCHINSON, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [First Edition stated] Ink marks on a few pp.; Fair HB; no DJ. Seller Inventory # 040576
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
8vo., First Edition, title and a few leaves very lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, green top, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Mitchell of Buenos Aires on front paste-down. Seller Inventory # 1518
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Proper Studies by Aldous Huxley, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1927). Book in good condition, without a dust jacket. The book shows bumping to the spine ends, wear and marks to the covers, with sun-fading to the spine. The book shows ageing internally and to the page edges. A good copy for a book of this age. (See pictures). Seller Inventory # 002058
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. Sunned spine, stains on front board, otherwise minimal wear; binding has a separation gap and feels loose; mildly evenly yellowed; the essay on Education is underlined, the remaining ten essays are unmarked. POS on FFEP ex-libris Roger Perrineau du Lycee Descartes a Tours 1942. Book. Seller Inventory # 005961
Quantity: 1 available