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Edward Arnold & Co. 1924. London. 325 pages + 3 unnumbered pages of adverts. true 1st printing in the super-rare DJ. DJ price of 7s.6d is intact. this book was printed on June 4, 1924 in a tiny print run of only 5,000 copies. Of these, only a handful of dust jackets survived. Dark red vertically grooved cloth boards; lettered in black. Top and fore edges trimmed, bottom rough trimmed. White endpapers are clean. Binding and hinges are strong and tight. Shelfrub along edges with light bruising to lower front corner tip. Backstrip gently pushed at edges. Champagne dust jacket printed in rose. DJ shows trimming and multiple open chips. A few closed tears to DJ. Sales price sticker affixed just below original DJ printed price. A nice copy of the classic in the scarce DJ. The DJ alone is a plum as it remains one of the most elusive DJs for any popular work over the last 100 years.

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.