first edition Hardcover
1936 · London
by FORSTER, E.M.
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first issue 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. Blue cloth gilt. Neat contemporary owner name of George Whitney Martin and some light offsetting on front flay, very near fine lacking the jacket. Very scarce. Copies of the first impression were returned to the publisher and the offending passage was excised. (Inventory #: 579702)
(856) 456-8008
