A first edition and first printing copy of the acclaimed book set in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement, in the rare original dust jacket.<ul><li>E.M. Forster (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Edward Arnold &amp; Co,&nbsp;1924.</li><li>325 pages.</li><li>Bound in original red cloth, spine and front board lettered in black, in original (7/6 net) typographic dust jacket.</li></ul> A Passage to India was the product of Forster's longstanding interest in India, intensified by his close friendship with Syed Ross Masood, vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, and grounded in his own travels through India in 1912 and his 1921 position as private secretary to the Maharajah of Dewas. As the most successful of Forster's novels, it inspired a 1960 Forster-approved play by Santha Rama Rau as well as the 1984 film by David Lean, and was awarded both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse.

A Passage to India

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A Passage to India | Signed First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of Howard's End by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=E.M.%20Forster&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">E.M. Forster</a>.<ul><li>E.M. Forster (English).</li><li>London: Arnold, 1910.</li><li>Part of an edition of 2500.</li><li>4 pages of adverts to the rear and 8 page catalog tipped in.</li><li>In the original rich maroon boards.</li></ul> Published in 1910, Howards End has left a significant cultural impact due to its exploration of class, gender, and cultural shifts in Edwardian England. The novel reflects the era's social and economic changes, including the tension between the traditional, rural values represented by Howards End and the industrial, modern ethos embodied by Wilcoxes. The book has been recognized as a precursor to the modernist literary movement, reflecting the period's flux and ambiguity. Forster's portrayal of women's roles and voices, exemplified by the character Margaret Schlegel, was groundbreaking, illustrating feminist ideals and the struggle for independence in a patriarchal society. The novel has inspired various adaptations, including film and television, extending its cultural influence. Its exploration of the complexity of human relationships, morality, and societal evolution continues to be relevant and appreciated in academic and popular discourse, making Howards End a seminal work of English literature.

Howards End First Edition

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Modern literature A group of 5 volumes, comprising: (i) Jack London. The Call of the Wild. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (in the vertically ribbed cloth), 12mo (192 x 131 mm), frontispiece and 10 plates by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull, decorations by Charles Edward Hopper, publisher's advertisement leaf at end, publisher's green cloth, front cover with 3 decorated panels in red, black and white of sled dogs and sled with title in gilt between the panels, spine lettered in gilt with a pictorial panel in red, black and white depicting Buck, pictorial endleaves, top edge gilt, housed in green cloth slipcase, [BAL 11876] FIRST EDITION of London's best-known novel, The story of Buck, a pampered dog who, after a series of adventures and mis-adventures, ends up leading a pack of wolves. (ii) T.H. White. The Sword in the Stone. London: Collins, 1938. FIRST EDITION, 8vo (193 x 129 mm), modern black morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover with a gilt stamp of Excalibur, lower cover with a gilt stamp of Merlyn holding an umbrella, gilt edges, patterned endpapers FIRST EDITION of White's acclaimed fantasy novel about the boyhood of King Arthur, the first instalment in his tetralogy The Once and Future King, in a handsome modern binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. (iii) E.M. Forster. Alexandria: A History and a Guide. Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Limited, 1922. FIRST EDITION, 8vo (188 x 121 mm), maps and plans, original boards, binding slightly soiledI, [Kirkpatrick A8a] (iv) Oscar Wilde—Cecil Beaton (illustrator). The Importance of Being Earnest. London: The Folio Society, 1960. INSCRIBED BY CECIL BEATON ON THE DEDICATION LEAF: "For Raymond Jerome | with such a (?)happy | souvenir of "The | School for Scandal" Best wishes | Cecil", 8vo (), original watered green silk boards, spine labeled in gilt, light blue pictorial endpapers, spine slightly sunned Beaton designed sets and costumes for the 1962 Comédie-Française production of Sheridan's School for Scandal, and the dedicatee was presumably involved in this production. (v) D.H. Lawrence. The Tales of D. H. Lawrence. London: Martin Secker, 1934. FIRST EDITION, 8vo (210 x 133 mm), modern green half morocco gilt, top edge gilt

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