first edition Hardcover
1955 · New York
by FORSTER, E.M.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Spine faintly tanned, near fine in decorated boards as issued. The first chapter of Forster's last major book, a biography of his great-aunt Marianne Thornton, who had a considerable influence upon his family and his writing (the title taken from the name of the family estate). *Kirkpatrick* A33. (Inventory #: 429957)