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. Kirkpatrick A10a. P. N. Furbank, E. M. Forster: A Life, 1981. 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.