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[Bloomsbury] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.325; [3], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. No inscriptions, contents clean and fresh with just a few minor spots, endpapers toned as usual, binding tight with one small bump. A fine copy without the scarce jacket. The great novel of the British Raj, it remains a brilliant study of empire. A Passage To India was the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, founded in memory of a partner in the publishing house of A. and C. Black Ltd., and one of the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain. KIRKPATRICK, B.J., "A Bibliography of E.M. Forster", A10. Connolly 100. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003].

A Passage to India is a novel by E.M. Forster that explores the impact of British colonial rule on India through the lens of personal relationships and cultural misunderstandings.