ALEXANDRIA: A History and a Guide

first edition

1922 · Alexandria

by Forster, E.M.
Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Limited, 1922. First printing. Very good plus in good jacket.. First edition of Forster's portrait of Alexandria, in the very scarce glassine, from the library of expatriate American publisher Barbara Wescott. Written while Forster was stationed in Alexandria as a Red Cross volunteer and conscientious objector during the first World War, ALEXANDRIA was the first of his two books devoted to the city (the second, PHAROS AND PHARILLON, followed in 1923). The publisher initially reported that a "very large proportion" of the original edition had been destroyed in a warehouse fire (Kirkpatrick). Worse news was to follow: Forster (truncated)
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