J O N K E R S R A R E B O O K S
SIGNED BY E.M. FORSTER
50. A Passage To India FORSTER, E.M.
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. [45553] £4,750 Forster’s greatest and most famous novel, signed copies of which are uncommon. “A miracle of intelligence, tact, irony, prudence and ability” (Gide) Connolly 45; Kirkpatrick A10.a PROVENANCE: Augustus Montague Summers (1880-1948, noted occultist and author, bookplate to front pastedown); Elsa Courtlander (1873-1952, illustrator and wife of novelist Alphonse Cour- lander, ownership inscription to front endpaper).
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