A Passage to India by Forster, E. M - 1924

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers (Harpers), 1902. First Edition . Red Cloth. Good +. First Printing. Red Cloth, Gilt, With Decorative Cover Paste-On Illustration, As Issued. A Solid But Edgeworn Copy, With Gilt Lettering And Paper Illustration On Cover Still Bright, A Little Damp Spotting To Spine. This Is Jack London's Copy, With His Original Bookplate (Not A Reprint), And It Has The Very Small "H. E. H." Dupl." (Henry E. Huntington Duplicate) Stamp On The Rear Pastedown. It Was Purchased From The Huntington Library In San Marino (As Noted By A Later Owner In The Book, Along With His Address Label), When They Disposed Of All Books In His Library They Were Not Interested In; Famously, They Later Reconsidered, And Quietly Attempted To Reassemble The Library, This Volume Eluding Them So Far. The Book Is Missing The Front Endpaper, And I Would Expect That Is Because It Was Originally Inscribed To Jack London Or Someone Close To Him.

New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. First Printing. First Issue, With Design In Lighter Color On Front Cover, No Book Club Dot. Apparently Not The Usual Printing, As The Book Is 1 Mm Thinner, 2.3Cm, And The Gilt Lettering Is Overprinted Neatly With Evenly Applied Black Printed Ink Which Is Just Beginning To Flake Off The Underlying Brilliant Gilt. A Very Clean Copy, Cover Gilt Brilliant, Dusty Top Edge, Slight Rubbing At Corners Without Fraying. Dust Jacket Clean, Not Price-Clipped ($2.75), Wear At Edges And Corners, With Small Losses (Up To 1/4" Deep But Not Large) At Corners Due To Wear, Some Browning To All Panels, Round Area With Light Staining In Upper Right Of Rear Panel.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 183 Pp. Dark Grey Cloth Spine Stamped In White, Green Boards Stamped In White. Stated First Edition, In Unclipped Dust Jacket Priced $3.00. Hollywood Novel, But Not The Glitzy Side. Book Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Tips, White Chalk Lettering All Complete And Strong, No Names Or Marks. Dj Lightly Worn, Unfaded, Few Short Tears And Some Minute Losses At Corners, Small Very Faint Glass Ring On Rear Panel..

New York: Robert M. Mcbride, 1928. First Illustrated Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. Xxv, 359 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt Title On Spine, Elaborate Gilt Illustration By Frank Pape On Front Cover. First Illustrated Edition, 1928, Stated First Impression. Black Cloth, Gilt. Red Topstain, Map Endpapers In Brown And Red; Dj Printed In Black On Very Thin And Fragile Gilt-Faced Paper. Fine In Near Fine Dj, No Fading, No Tears Or Chips, Gilt Bright But With A Little Oxidation, Not Price Clipped.

London: George G. Harrap, 1930. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good + Book/Near Fine DJ. 283 Pp. Orange Cloth, Black Lettering. Stated "First Published 1930", First Uk Edition. Very Good +, Light Rubbing, Cloth Clean And Unfaded, Lettering Strong Without Any Loss, Spine Leaned. Dj Slightly Taller Than Book, Near Fine, Bright, Clean, Unfaded, Not Price-Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge, Three Minute Tears At Lower Edge, No Chips Or Stains Or Browning Because Dj Was Stored Flat, Separately From Book, For Many Decades, Probably Since Soon After Publication. Mildred Cram (1889 - 1985) Was The Daughter Of An Editor At Silver Burdette And Became A Popular American Writer And Screenwriter In The 1920'S-1930'S. Her Short Story "Stranger Things" Was Included In The O. Henry Award Story Collection For 1921. A Number Of Her Stories And Novels Were Made Into Films, Including An Affair To Remember (1957). She Was Nominated, Along With Leo… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1947. First Edition [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 216 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. A Near Fine Book, Gilt Still Brilliant, Immaculate, No Marks Or Stains Or Wear. Dj Priced $2.75, Unfaded, Not Price-Clipped, Light Edge Wear With A 1/4" Squarish Chip At Top Of Front Panel, A Few Very Short Edge Tears And A Few Minute Losses, Some Internal Tape Reinforcements. Inscribed In 1947 To Elizabeth Ann Mcmurray, A Bookstore Owner, Writer And Later An Editor, "With All Friendly Wishes + Thanks" And Signed By Gore [Vidal].

Berlin: Rowohlt, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Beige Linen Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 1,156 Clean, Unmarked Pages. An Cloth, Brown And Grey Spine Lettering, Grey Figure Of Wolf On Front Cover. First Printing, Volume 2 Only. No Marks. Interior Pgs. Lightly Tanned At Pg. Edges. Two Publisher's Advertising Cards Laid In. Text In German. Dj Chipped 1/4" Top Of Spine. Small Chipping Bottom Of Spine And Bottom Spine Corners. Tips Of Dj Chipped. Front Dj Panel With An Approx. 1" Crescent Stain Near Bottom . Dj Edges Shelfworn. Dj In A Protective Brodart Cover. Per Wikipedia, Hans Fallada (Born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 1893 - 1947) Was A German Writer Of The First Half Of The 20Th Century. Some Of His Better Known Novels Include Little Man, What Now? (1932) And Every Man Dies Alone (1947). His Works Belong Predominantly To The New Objectivity Literary Style, With Precise Details And Journalistic Veneration Of The Facts.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1946. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good DJ. 103 Pp.Grey Cloth Stamped In Magenta. First Printing With 1946 Date On Title Page, Dj Priced $2.50. Book Near Fine, Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, Endpapers With A Little Darkening. Dj Very Good, With Small Losses At Corners, Including Loss Of Part Of Initial "S" In "Straus" At Bottom Of Spine, And A Few Short Tears. Inscribed By Owen Dodson "For Hilda, With Admiration For Juliet, Anna + The Other Girls To Come.Owen Oct. 1946." The Inscription Is To Hilda Simms (April 15, 1918 - February 6, 1994), The African-American Stage Actress, Best Known For Her Starring Role On Broadway In Anna Lucasta In 1944. Born As Hilda Moses In Minneapolis, Minnesota, One Of Nine Siblings, She Studied Teaching At The University Of Minnesota Until Lack Of Money Forced Her To Leave. Anna Lucasta And Ms. Simms' Performance In The Title Role Created A Stir When The Play,… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1970. First Edition [stated] 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. Stated First Edition. No remainder mark, no names or bookplates, spine gilt complete and bright, no stains or fraying or fading, not price-clipped [$4.95]. DJ with pinpoint of wear at upper tips, and small area of wear at two upper corners of spine. Inscribed by the author in 1990 on the title page.

New York: Henry Holt, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine DJ. 270 Pp. First Edition, First Printing. Written By Shulman And Based On His Screenplay For Rebel Without A Cause, The Classic 1955 Movie. This Example With A Four Line Inscription By Shulman To Neighbors In Beverly Hills, "January 16, 1956 / Dear ----- And -----: Good Friends Who Despite Television Read Books And Appreciate Music. / Irving Shulman". Book Is Clean, Light Rubbing Along Top And Bottom Of Spine, Point Of Rubbing At Each Tip. Dj Bright And Clean, Only A Touch Of Wear At Edges, 1" Tape Repair At Top Of Front Flap Fold On Inside Of Jacket With 1/4" Square Ghost Visible At Upper Left Corner Of Front Flap, Not Price Clipped..