first edition Softcover
1936 · London
by FORSTER, E.M.
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1936. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, with suppressed text intact [contains the chapter "A Flood in the Office," which was eventually suppressed from the trade edition due to threats of libel (see *Kirkpatrick* A18a]. Octavo. Brown printed wrappers. Thin wrappers have a thin, 2" chip at upper foreedge, 1" tear at lower edge with small archival mend on verso, and the half-title page has triangular chip at lower fore-corner, else a very good copy of a fragile item. Housed in custom folding cloth chemise and cloth-covered slipcase box with gilt morocco spine label, and collector's attractive (truncated)