Books

First edition, first impression, of the author's "masterpiece and his finest achievement" (Furbank, p. 123). The novel was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1984, starring Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, and Alec Guinness. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, roll to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. P. N. Furbank, E. M. Forster: A Life, 1977.

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.