E. M. FORSTER. — Howards End. A novel.

Edward Arnold, London, 1st Edition, First edition, a variant issue, essentially corresponding to Kirkpatrick A4a but with a single point absent from the numbered advertisement leaves, and further compounded by that fact that the first four un-numbered advertisement leaves are bound in twice, the first set followed by a repetition of the final seven pages on the novel. 8vo. [iv], 343pp, (1), [iv advertisements], 337-343, (1), [iv advertisements], viii advertisements. Red vertical grain cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. Top edge dust soiled, and with some light wear to the corner tips and extremities. Some quite light discolouration to the backstrip cloth. Free endpapers lightly toned, and with a former owner name inked to the head of the front free endpaper, and indications of careful bookplate removal from the adjacent pastedown. A good bright copy of the author's fourth novel., Good