SIGNED BY E.M. FORSTER
A Passage to India
Arnold, 1924.
First edition. Original maroon cloth with black lettering. Signed by the author on the title page. A very good copy, somewhat worn to the spine-ends and joints. Front hinge starting. Bookplate of Montague Summers to front pastedown and separate ownership inscription to front endpaper.
Forster's greatest and most famous novel, signed copies of which are uncommon.
"A miracle of intelligence, tact, irony, prudence and ability" (Gide)
PROVENANCE: Augustus Montague Summers (1880-1948, noted occultist and author, bookplate to front pastedown); Elsa Courtlander (1873-1952, illustrator and wife of novelist Alphonse Courlander, ownership inscription to front endpaper).
Connolly 45; Kirkpatrick A10.a
Stock ID: 45553
£4,750.00
