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First edition, first impression, with the author's signature on a book label, his printed name struck through, on the front pastedown. This novel, the author's "masterpiece and his finest achievement" (Furbank, p. 123), was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1984, starring Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, and Alec Guinness. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. Newspaper cuttings relating to Forster mounted on outer leaves. Cloth darkened and somewhat rubbed, damp stain on rear cover, contents clean. A very good copy. Kirkpatrick A10a. P. N. Furbank, E. M. Forster: A Life, 1981.

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.