Author: E. M. Forster
Title: A Passage to India
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of one of the most important and popular novels of the twentieth century. The first American edition, first printing.A Passage to India explores the racial tensions and prejudices between the Indians and the British during the colonial era, following the trial of a young Indian Muslim physician who is accused of raping a young English schoolmistress.Written by E. M. Forster. This is one of his best known ones, considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. In 1924, this novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.Forster was inspired to write this novel after a visit to India in 1912-13, and after a time spent as private secretary to the Maharaja of Dewas Senior, Tukojirao III, in 1921-22.Bookplate of John Bernard Kilfeather to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Ink and pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Loss to page 19/20, resulting in loss of text. The occasional pencil line to the margins Good . Ill.: None. Good .
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Title: A Passage to India
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of one of the most important and popular novels of the twentieth century. The first American edition, first printing.A Passage to India explores the racial tensions and prejudices between the Indians and the British during the colonial era, following the trial of a young Indian Muslim physician who is accused of raping a young English schoolmistress.Written by E. M. Forster. This is one of his best known ones, considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. In 1924, this novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.Forster was inspired to write this novel after a visit to India in 1912-13, and after a time spent as private secretary to the Maharaja of Dewas Senior, Tukojirao III, in 1921-22.Bookplate of John Bernard Kilfeather to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Ink and pencil inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Loss to page 19/20, resulting in loss of text. The occasional pencil line to the margins Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: A Passage to India e. m. forster indian independence movement e. m. forster None
Price: GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 178.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 920P6
- Book number: 920P6
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