"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
A Passage to India.
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. [Modern Literature] 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, and a brilliant study of Empire. 'A Passage To India' was awarded 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. Item #66944
KIRKPATRICK, B.J., "A Bibliography of E.M. Forster", A10. Connolly 100. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003].
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