E. M. FORSTER. — A Passage to India. A novel.

Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1st Edition, Third impression of the first edition, issued the same year as the original impression, and with a 'Colonial Library' inkstamp to the reverse of the title page, and, appropriately, a tiny Australian dealer plate to the base of the front pastedown. 8vo. 325pp + [iii] advertisements for other Forster publications. Red cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board. Several small areas of discolouration to the backstrip ends where the dust wrapper is defective. A scattering of very light spotting to the top edge, and a sliver of light partial toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy in poor dust wrapper, split into three parts with a little tearing and edge-chipping, some toning to the spine panel with lettering there partially illegible, and with several inches of tape residue marking to the head of the spine and front panel. This would appear to be a special 'Colonial Library' dust wrapper, with no blurb, advertisements or text of any kind on the rear panel or flaps. The author's celebrated fifth novel. Kirkpatrick A10a[iii] (Kirkpatrick notes that this third impression of July 1924 consisted of 3000 copies, but does not note this variant dust wrapper)., Very Good, Poor