What We Live By de Dimnet, Ernest - 1932

Jonathan Cape, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. first published. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with faded lettering. Front free end paper is missing. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Strong tanning to spine and edges. Damp marks to front board.

S&S 1932 CONDITION: sunned cover NOTE: tight fep 1 chip out".

Simon & Schuster, 1932. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

simon and Schuster. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1929. Hard Cover. (N251) .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. 1st Edition . Good/Good. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Dust jacket: Long tear to front cover, wear to top edge. Archival tape repairs to reverse. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Green cloth binding. Heavy foxing to page edges, patches of foxing throughout text. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (John Bowman-Manifold, Lieut-Commander aboard HMS Exeter, killed in action during the Battle of the River Plate). Includes an original review clipping from the Observer newspaper. Overall book condition is Good. Size: 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 288

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 309p. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the boards, lettering dulled, ink gift inscription to the front endpaper, clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Price clipped dust jacket with several short closed tears and small chips to the edges and at the spine head and scuff to the front cover. A good clean copy overall.

NY: Simon and Schuster. VG. (1932). 3rd ptg. Red binding, gilt lettering (rubbed), tanning to hinges, former owner name front endpaper. . The French priest comments on the three aspects of "Being" in classical metaphysics: (Verum) the true; Pulchrum (the beautiful); Bonum (the good). He also distinguishes between the activities of upstairs and downstairs. The downstairs has narrow ideas, egoism, flattery, timekilling, useless traveling, frivolous weekends, continuous radio, tyrannical business and details, vanity; while the upstairs contains silence, solitude, choosing one's company, reading with a purpose, love of nature, good music, best books, and self-reform for a cause. .